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How to create an .icns macOS app icon

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How to create an `.icns` macOS app icon

How to make an application icon for macOS using iconset & iconutil

Steps

Creating an .iconset
Converting to .icns

Creating an `.iconset`

Install IconGenerator
Convert 1024x1024 png image into AppIcon.appiconset
Rename AppIcon.appiconset => icon.iconset

Converting to `.icns`

Navigate to the directory containing your icon.iconset in the terminal
Run iconutil with the following command: iconutil -c icns icon.iconset
Your icon.icns will be generated in the current directory

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