Mac icon specifications

[J. Landman Gay]

Chris Sheffield wrote:
> I don't think that's necessary. At least, it never has been in the past. 
> Specifying an icon to use in the Standalone Application Settings is 
> supposed to apply that icon to the bundle. I'm pretty sure it's 
> something in the way the icon is getting created in IconWorkshop that 
> Rev doesn't like. So I just need someone (hopefully familiar with 
> IconWorkshop) to tell me how to make it work. :-)

If you open the Mac icon file with Preview, are the images there? That 
won't be a definitive test for the icon file's validity but if they are 
blank in Preview it would tell you that the file format isn't right.

There is a free icon tool included with the Developer Tools on the OS X 
installation CD. You need to install the Developer Tools to see it (it 
isn't part of a normal installation.) I often use it, it is called "Icon 
Composer", and it creates Mac icon files in the appropriate format. 
There's a Photoshop plugin too that many swear by, but it isn't free and 
I haven't ever tried it. Graphic Converter, a terrific Mac image editor, 
also has a free version and it creates Mac icon files as well.

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