Changing icons of built in apps in Sonoma

how do you change the icons of built in apps in somona, like launchpad, safari, photos, find my etc.. i know you used to be able to do in Catalina. by copying an image to the clipboard and using ⌘ + I

you still can for non built in apps, but how do you do it for built in apps?

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Posted on Oct 2, 2023 11:27 PM

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melne20

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Posted on Dec 13, 2023 12:28 PM

If you're familiar with using the Shortcuts app and creating an "Open App" shortcut, you can then use the get info and then the drag and drop the photo in. I did have to restart to see the change.

Open the Shortcuts app.
On the Shortcuts tab, tap the plus icon at the top right.
Tap where it says New Shortcut at the top and tap Rename to choose a name for your shortcut. ...
Tap Add Action to select the action you want this shortcut to perform. ..Open App
Then right click on the shortcut and select Add to Dock.
Right click on the new shortcut image in the dock and click show in Finder

Then you can do the drop and drag over the image in there.

Note: my image I used was square and it didn't mask the image to the rounded app icon look, so that could change up the aesthetics.

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Oct 3, 2023 4:09 AM in response to dialabrain

I just tried it with Pages and it worked.

Owl-53

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Oct 3, 2023 4:13 AM in response to Randall_2023

Pages is much like MainStage

dialabrain

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Oct 3, 2023 4:13 AM in response to Randall_2023

Randall_2023 wrote:

I just tried it with Pages and it worked.

Pages is also not a built-in app. It has to be downloaded.

Oct 3, 2023 4:24 AM in response to dialabrain

Got it.....My bad! I tried it on Reminders.....No workie! Guess I was over optimistic. 😎

Oct 3, 2023 4:45 AM in response to dialabrain

raronson

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Dec 7, 2023 9:17 AM in response to Randall_2023

Unfortunately that method does not work. That's what I did to replace the MacOS HD icon but it doesn't work for built-in apps.

Oct 3, 2023 4:13 AM in response to dialabrain

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