Folder Icon

How to set an icon for an application, file or folder & restore to the original icon​

 

I understand. But what about the first steps in that guide, which show you how to accomplish, what you want? Or is the title of that guide confusing?

 

Open the image you want to use in Preview. Press Command+A to select all then Command+C to copy.

Right-click the drive's icon and Get Info. Highlight it's icon in the top left and hit Command+V.

 

What you CAN do (and I've done it a million and one times) is download an icon converter like THIS, make your .icns file, go to an app, show package contents, copy it's icon to your desktop, rename yours exactly the same, put it in the resources folder, close the window, go back to the app, get info, click the icon in the top left once, hold down command C, and paste it to your folder the same way (Command V). Then put the app's icon back.

It SEEMS like a lot of work, but it works

 

How to change the icon for any disk, app, file or folder