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MacOS Default Icons Locations

How to Find ANY Icon

  1. Open the application such that you see the icon on your screen.
  2. Open Activity Monitor
  3. Double click the name of the application (i.e. Finder or System Preferences)
  4. Select "Open Files and Ports"
  5. Copy the output to a file and then grep for .icns

Similarly you could run this command, but it may take several minutes to complete: