To use this method you will need to have the new icon that you want to set saved on your Mac somewhere. If you don’t want to use the Terminal for some reason, or if you just need to change the icon for a single app and iconsur feels overkill, you can also change icons with Finder. In such a case, simply run the iconsur command again. Note: The icons might change back after app updates. You can repeat the sudo iconsur set Terminal command for as many apps as you like. Microsoft Edge Icon before (left) vs after (right) As you can see, the new icon is more in-line with Big Sur icon styles.
You will see a few lines of output on your Terminal telling you what iconsur is doing.You will need to use it for apps with spaces in the same, such as Microsoft\ Word, Microsoft\ Excel, etc. That “\” you see after “Microsoft” is an escape character. For example, I want to change the icon for Microsoft Edge, so I’ll use the following command.Replace ‘app name’ with the name of the app you want to change the icon for. Once installed, just use the following command to change the app icon to a Big Sur style icon.You will see a progress bar show up, and iconsur will start being downloaded and installed on your system.You can quickly resize file and folder icons by holding Ctrl and rotating your mouse’s scroll wheel. This trick works in File Explorer or Windows Explorer, too. The mouse wheel shortcut will give you extra control over resizing your icons, shrinking or enlarging them much more than you otherwise could. This shortcut lets you select a wider range of desktop icon sizes than the typical desktop context menu does-we counted a range of 28 sizes, from extra tiny to surprisingly huge. Stop scrolling and release the Ctrl key when you’ve found your preferred size. The standard desktop icon sizes are available in the desktop’s context menu-right-click the desktop, point to view, and select “Large icons,” “Medium icons,” or “Small icons.”įor extra size options, position your mouse cursor over the desktop, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, and scroll the mouse wheel up or down. But did you know many other size options are available? You can fine-tune the size of your desktop icons with a quick shortcut that involves your mouse wheel. Windows lets you choose large, medium, or small desktop icons.
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