At the top of the Info window, click the small icon.
Choose Edit > Paste in the menu bar.
If Edit > Paste isn’t available, make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window (not the large icon below Preview).
After you paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you open the file containing the image and choose Edit > Copy in the menu bar before pasting. Copy the content of the image file, not the actual file.
Use an icon from another file or folder
On your Mac, select the file or folder whose icon you want to use.
At the top of the Info window, click the small icon.
Choose Edit> Copy in the menu bar.
Select the file or folder whose icon you want to replace.
Choose File > Get Info in the menu bar.
Click the small icon at the top of the Info window.
Choose Edit > Paste in the menu bar.
The icon is replaced with the one you copied.
If Edit > Paste isn’t available, make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window (not the large icon under Preview).
After you paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window before choosing Edit > Copy in the menu bar. You want to copy the content of the image file, not the actual file.
Restore the original icon for a file or folder
On your Mac, select the file or folder.
Choose File > Get Info in the menu bar.
At the top of the Info window, select the small custom icon.
Make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window (not the large icon under Preview).
Choose File > Get Info in the menu bar.Click the small icon at the top of the Info window.Choose Edit > Paste in the menu bar. The icon is replaced with the one you copied.
You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a . ICO file, since that's what Windows uses for icons.
Right-click the icon and click Properties.Click the Shortcut tab (if one is available), and then click Change Icon.Click the icon that you want to use from the list, click OK, and then click OK.
Right-click (or press and hold) the desktop, point to View, and then select Large icons, Medium icons, or Small icons. Tip: You can also use the scroll wheel on your mouse to resize desktop icons.
Select a file, then choose File > Get Info. You can also Control-click the file, then choose Get Info. In the Info window, click the arrow next to “Open with.” Click the pop-up menu, choose an app, then click Change All.
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