Changing a Desktop Shortcut Icon

Nomadibility wrote:

Hello, I have been able to do this before, but no more it seems. After many attempts I have concluded that it is not feasible to use an icon with a .png extension. I have now tried a plethora of extensions but none are working. In 'get info' I've tried x 2 approaches, c & p the icon into the top left hand corner with the little box/logo highlighted, or, d & d the icon, hover over the box/logo and release when the '+' shows. Please could someone advise why this is not working thank you.

What is it you are trying to do?

copy and paste a new image onto a an existing folder/file/link...

open your image, use Command A to select all, then paste it to your highlighted get info window...

Nomadibility wrote:

Always, easy, when, you know, how. Thanks very much. What I've realised is I was trying to copy the image from the shortcut to the image, rather from it being open. What I will say though is that this has worked previously as I've changed several before. Ok, thanks indeed.

Good computing Nomadibility—Sounds like you figure it out...

The procedure seems to change slightly with each macOS release:

but tried an true:

open your image, use Command A to select all, then copy& paste it to your highlighted get info window...