folder for OS X app icons

alra111

alra111

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Greetings,

What folder could I find the OS X app icons at? I have tried spotlight to search but apparently they are hidden from spotlight.

Also, what format will I find them in...or I'll just be surprised when I find them.

Any and all help is appreciated.

PS: I'm more concerned with locating the original OS X app icons than any apps I may have installed.
 
Do you need to restore an apps icon? I *think* they would be in the .ico format, which is the standard icon prefix AFAIK.
 
The icons for applications are stored inside the applications.

If you have changed an icon for an application, right click > show info, and inside that window, select the upper icon/picture, and hit delete.
If you have changed manually the icon to something else, this will delete the pasted icon.
(However, this may not work if you have used candybar to mess with icons).
 
If you want to actually "get at" the icon file itself (to open in PhotoShop, etc.), then right-click the application you want, then select "Show Package Contents." Navigate to Contents > Resources, and there you should find one or more files with the extension .icns. You can open these .icns files with Mac OS X's Preview.app, then export to any other format you desire from there.
 
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