How To Restore Original Mac Icons
A while back, I posted a helpful tutorial on How To Change Mac Dock Icons. For those wondering how to undo this (sorry, no Command+Z for this one!), here is a quick fix for restoring any changed Mac dock icon back to its original. Best of all, it only takes 5 seconds to complete!
Restore Your Original Mac Dock Icon in 3 Easy Steps
Step 1
Open the information window for the application/program in question.
Step 2
Select the small icon in the upper left corner.
Step 3
Press “Command+X”. This automatically cuts the new icon and restores the default one.
It is that simple!!!
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I’ve tryed this a couple of time along with pasting new icons. It shows the correct icon in Finder but not in the dock. What is going wrong? :/
does it not show up correctly even after you restart your computer or reset your dock?
I’ve restarted my computer. How do you reset the dock?
You just have to drag the icon out of the dock, let it go *poof*, and then drag it in again (from the Finder)
When the icon has disappeared it feels strange dragging an invisible icon from the dock and letting it go “poof”. Dragging in a new icon from Finder is easy. Many thanks for your suggestion.
Hi. This worked well for me with some apps (iTunes, Safari, Chrome, etc.) but when I got to the actual App Store it didn’t work! I had to change some permissions to get the image up, but then all I saw was the preview, so I tried CMD+X. Nothing. Any thoughts?
It worked for me, I had no problems what so ever. Thanks for tip!
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