How do I change an app's icon?

I tried getting info and just dragging the .ico file over its original icon, but that doesn't seem to work...

How do I do it?

 

just right click on the shortcut, go to properties and click on 'Change Icon'.

 

copy w/e pic you want the icon to be. now find the app you want in finder and click get info. in the upper left hand corner there will be a little version of the current icon. click that once so that its highlighted and press command-v to copy the new pic. it should change.

 

Uhm, I can't seem to find proprieties..

I am of course talking about OS X...

Sniper: it just changes to an icon showing like a page with a kid's picture and "ICO" underneath it...

 

maybe i said something wrong. go here. those are good directions thats what i used as my guide to change icons.

 

Yeah, that would be it..

But it's still not working...

edit: First I thought it was because of my ShapeShifter theme, because it comes with some icons, but then I uninstalled it, and tried again, but still nothing...

 

have you tried if with a different pic? the one ur using might not be the right dimensions.

 

Did you Restart after uninstalling ShapeShifter? If not, you should.

 

I did. But I finally got it going...

The thing was, the application I wanted to change its icon was owned by System and not by me, so I only had read-only access to it.

Thanks for the replies!

 

Good to hear you got the problem solved, cdnalsi. Changing icons are lots of fun, I have different icons for each folder .

 

ok now i need to hijack this thread. i just downloaded a butt load of different icons and after picking out the ones i like, i need some help. heres the ones i need to change that i cant figure out how to change. the icon for finder, the icon for a networked HD, the network icon, the trash icons, the icon for folders, the icons for cd's/ dvd's, and i think thats it. is there like one place i can go to change all those icons, or do i need to do it separetaly somehow? thanks.

==edit==

would now also like to add to that list how to change icons for file types. ie- jpeg, mpeg, pdf, ect ect.

 

Yes, and I have a question too:

Even though the app's icon is changed when viewing it in Finder, when I launch it, the Dock displays the original... What to do?

edit: Sniper, try this little app http://www.freemacsoft.net/LiteIcon_en.html - for the Finder, trash, folders, dvds etc

Not sure about the Networked HD though...

Anyways, this is how my desktop looks right now:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9307/picture1gs5.png

 

thanks cdnalsi thats just what i needed.

 

You're welcome!

How about your dock icons? Do they change back to the original when you launch them?

Anyone else has any ideas about this, please?

Thanks!

 

yea, my adium one did.

 

Dang...