How to clear Mac OSX icon cache
I recently downloaded an application named 'keka". It was used to unarchive .rar files. The application had it's own file logo (which looks like this):
I deleted the app, and the files that were included with the app. I restarted my Mac... And the logo was the same. So I downloaded another .rar file, and the logo was the same. I tried to follow the following procedure:
To fix this, we need to Clear Mac OS X's icon cache.Here is how:
- To get started, close all open applications and then launch Terminal from Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities. Copy and paste the following command at the Terminal prompt and press Return to execute it:
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name 'com.apple.dock.iconcache' -delete
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name 'com.apple.iconservices' -delete sudo rm -r /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store- restart,job done.
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When I did the first and second sudo commands, the return was the following:
find: (file name here): Operation not permittedIf anyone has any solutions? Thanks in advance
- V. Patel
MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)