OS X Standalone Icon Problems

[Mark Talluto]

On Mar 19, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> On 3/20/07, Charles Szasz <cszasz at mac.com> wrote:
>> I have completed my standalones for windows and OS X. The icons that
>> I used for windows in the standalone worked fine. I was able to
>> assign my application icons  to use in dialogs for my OS X
>> application but I have not had any success with OS X standalones. I
>> cannot replace the generic application icon. Maybe it is wrong size
>> of the OS X application icon. What is the icon size for OS X
>> applications?
>>
>> I have tried opening the information for the application and deleting
>> the icon but that has not worked. Any suggestions?
>
>
> I find that trick to be unreliable. Try zipping & unzipping the
> application or copying (not moving) the app to another folder. If the
> icon is correcttly formatted but not displaying, that should fix it.

The two techniques I use lately are:

1.  If you have PathFinder installed, you can touch the file and it  
will set the icon up for you.
2.  You can option drag the application and it will copy it with the  
icon in place on the copy.


Mark Talluto
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