Changing that ugly Google Chrome icon in OSX
I have to say I really hate the default Chrome icon. I recently found this decent icon by Mustafa Haydar and made a .hqx version for Mac.
He also has another really cool Chrome icon, neochrome, which is newer and seems an evolution of the first.
To convert .png files to .icns / .hqx, i used the website iConvert, then to actually change the Icon, you have to:
- Extract the .hqx file
- Get info and click on the icon image. Copy (cmd+c)
- Select Google Chrome app in the Applications folder
- Get info, select the icon image. Paste (cmd+v)
There you go, you now have your new icon 🙂
Nice alternative icon for Chrome on the Mac. Have to say that I never really minded the original but these are nice. Tip of the hat to @erugalatha for Tweeting it onwards.
chrome won’t let me change the icon. i tried with other stuff and it work. Is this normal?
That’s strange. Without seeing exactly what is happening, I can’t say exactly what the problem is. It should just replace the icon in the resource file when you drag it into the info box – I have never seen one fail to do this. Perhaps a permissions issue? But that should prompt you to login as administrator. Sorry I can’t be of help – it did work for me.
thank you for this easy and successful way to change the icon for chrome…