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Created February 17, 2020 05:36
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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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zvg commented Feb 17, 2020

touch /Applications/App.app

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