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Clear the icon cache on a Mac when you start seeing generic icons in Finder or the Dock
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| sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store; sudo find /private/var/folders/ \( -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -or -name com.apple.iconservices \) -exec rm -rfv {} \; ; sleep 3;sudo touch /Applications/* ; killall Dock; killall Finder |
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sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.storecommand was enough for me (plus runningsudo killall Dock; killall Finder). It makes sense to remove a cache. On the other side, I see very dangerous to remove anything from inside the/private/folder, which is a sensible folder for the stability of the operating system.运行sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store命令对我来说就足够了（加上运行sudo killall Dock; killall Finder）。删除缓存是有意义的。另一方面，我认为从/private/文件夹中删除任何内容是非常危险的，该文件夹对于操作系统的稳定性来说是一个明智的文件夹。
You are right! By following your method, I fixed Cursor icon after uninstall it!
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Running the
sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.storecommand was enough for me (plus runningsudo killall Dock; killall Finder). It makes sense to remove a cache. On the other side, I see very dangerous to remove anything from inside the/private/folder, which is a sensible folder for the stability of the operating system.