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Change the default icon for the Safari app

Hi there,


How do I change the icon for Safari? I tried the usual via the Info and dragging the icon I want over to modify it but that does not work. When I try to alter permissions to READ/WRITE for anything that shows as READ only, I get a Permissions error.


Thanks


Posted on Jan 11, 2023 1:12 AM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2023 2:32 AM

To expand a little more on System Applications.


Specific to Big Sur macOS 11 , macOS 12 Monterey and macOS 13 Ventura


The Operating System resides in a Sealed and Read Only Volume that can not be opened by the User.



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Jan 11, 2023 2:20 AM in response to Maz K

I don't think you will be able to do this.

Safari, just like Mail and many other applications that are distributed as part of macOS, is actually in /System/Applications, which is a readonly location.

It just so happens, that, to avoid user confusion, Finder shows the contents of /System/Applications and /Applications as if they were all in /Applications. You can change icons of other applications (even Apple ones) but not those within /System

Change the default icon for the Safari app

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