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Finder Icon Updates
Dirk Hoffmann edited this page Feb 2, 2025
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When changing icons, it is hard to make Finder recognize them.
The following worked for me:
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Archive VirtualC64 in Xcode and launch it in the Finder.
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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 {} +
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Restart Finder
killall Finder
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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:
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To reveal how a specific UTType is registered, do the following:
% mdls -name kMDItemContentType -name kMDItemContentTypeTree someFile