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Finder Icon Updates

Dirk Hoffmann edited this page Feb 2, 2025 · 1 revision

When changing icons, it is hard to make Finder recognize them.

The following worked for me:

  • Archive VirtualC64 in Xcode and launch it in the Finder.

  • Clear System-Wide Icon Cache

    sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store

    sudo find /var/folders/ -name com.apple.iconservices -exec rm -rf {} +

  • Restart Finder

    killall Finder

  • If that is not enough, try to reset launch services: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain user -domain system

Debugging aids:

  • To reveal how a specific UTType is registered, do the following:

    % mdls -name kMDItemContentType -name kMDItemContentTypeTree someFile

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