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I installed the 'Notability' application on my macbook pro 2016 with touchbar, running on Sierra 10.12.3.
In finder, the correct icon is showing:
In launchpad, also the correct icon is showing:
However, when I launch the application, which works perfectly, the following icon is shown in the dock:
How to fix this in order for the correct icon also to show in the dock?
Thanks for your help!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.3)
I found a way to fix this problem. These commands still caused the dock to "sprout" a second icon for Elements when I launched it, but that icon was now correct.
I then took the first Elements icon and moved it off the dock to delete it, and then used the right mouse button to select options on the second (correct) icon and selected "Keep in Dock". I think this extra little dance was required with Elements on El Capitan too. Maybe an Adobe application problem?
These commands need to be executed in Terminal using an administrator account. Thanks to a post on http://apple.stackexchange.com.
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.iconservices -exec rm -rf {} \;
sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.storeSame issue here just started in save boot and then in normal again and issue was resolved
These steps worked for me. I just did it today!
i'm having the same issue with several icons. Even the Apple Store icon..
Hello !
See this article macOS Sierra: Create custom icons for files or folders
what does this mean....what did you do to fix the generic icon. Please explain. Thanks.
Same here, safe mode reboot was the only one that worked for me, as well.
Booting into Safe Mode and restarting also worked for me! 🙂
Helpful!!!
I was annoying by empty-icon situation for a long time, thanks for your reply, really really help!!
The answer from Eric Root is right, booted into the safe mode and restart !!
I had this problem too- I just removed the app from the dock, went to Finder > Applications > and dragged it into the dock. Simple solution for the problem for me, hope it works!
Booting into safe mode and restarting seems to have solved it for me after upgrade to High Sierra.
Worked, but required a restart
Did it work to not only rid you of the generic icons but did it prevent their recurrence?
Booting Safe Mode Resolves the issue.
Correct icon not showing in the dock
