Creating .icns files on Mac.

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Jan 9, 2008 1:55 PM, Chipp Walters <chipp at chipp.com> wrote:
> Well, my MacBook came backed fixed. Turns out they pretty much gave me a new
> Mac, including a new hard drive and the Leopard OS. Gone is my dual boot
> config, Parallels and Photoshop, plus all my files. Not too big a deal as it
> is all backed up.
>
> But...Since Photoshop 7 doesn't run on Leopard (did on Tiger), I need to
> find another alternative to creating .icns files on the Mac. I can create a
> standard 128 x 128 png on the PC and would like a program to convert it to
> the requisite Mac .icns file...any ideas? I certainly don't want to upgrade
> my old version of Photoshop for only this function.
>
> So, what are you all using for this sort of thing?

I use Iconographer <http://www.mscape.com/products/iconographer.html>
Import your image into the 128 x 128 panel, generate mask, complete
icon and that's it.

>
> Also, where do I find BootCamp on Leopard? I thought it came pre-installed.

In the Utilities folder inside Applications, you can find the BootCamp
Assistant.

Cheers,
Sarah