Open a new Finder window from the OS X Desktop and hit Command+Shift+G (or go to the “Go”. @liquidfrollo My command above is literally a combination of all commands ever mentioned above. So it will work on every OS. But even that command doesn’t fix all cached icons. So another way to solve it is to Get Info, drag a different icon to the icon area, then press Backspace to remove the other icon and “revert” to what is in the app bundle. Click to download Safari, Browser, Icloud, Itune icon from OS X Yosemite Preview Iconset by johanchalibert.
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OS X Yosemite comes with a whole new flat design and many of the existing apps are yet to be updated to match Yosemite’s design and aesthetics. We can’t do much to change app’s design but OS X allows us to change the icons of the apps. You can use an app called LiteIcon or you can change the icons of apps manually using this guide.
I recently posted about the beautiful Glacier Icons for Yosemite and I was using those icons till yesterday. I got bored with Glacier icons and wanted to switch to default app icons. One way to do this which I knew was to drag the original icon in the app’s icon in “Get Info” window of the app. Though it requires that you have the original icon backed up. The another way is to use LiteIcon app which automatically stores a copy of original icon before you change the icon of an app.
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A better and much easier way to restore default icon of an app is to select the app in Applications folder, press “Cmd + I” or right-click and “Get Info” to open the Get Info window of the app. Now to restore the default icon, all you have to do is select the app’s icon at the top(not the icon displayed under Preview section) and hit the delete button.
This will restore the default icon of the app. In case of restoring icons of system apps like Safari, Launchpad or System Preferences, it will ask for your password. In case of third-party apps, it may or may not ask for the authentication.
Apple OS X is getting a new coat of paint. When the company unveiled OS X Yosemite at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), it revealed a new Mac interface, re-imagined in the same ethos iOS 7. Yosemite's terrain is all about flatter elements, translucent layers and contemporary fonts.
See also: Apple OS X 10.10 Yosemite: The Top 6 New Features
That means the real-world texturing of icons — often called 'skeuomorphism' — is out, or at least reduced. With Mavericks, Apple took out gratuitous skeuomorphic design (like the leather lining in the Calendar app), but in Yosemite things go even flatter. All of the Mac system icons get a makeover, trading meticulous detail for simpler shapes and colors.
We've gathered the new OS X Yosemite icons and compared them with their Mavericks counterparts. While some newer icons, such as Maps, are virtually unchanged, older icons, like Safari and FaceTime, are completely revamped for the new aesthetic, often adapting design elements from their iOS equivalents.
Keep in mind OS X Yosemite is still beta software, and the design of these icons could change before its final release in the fall.
How do you like the new look of the Mac's icons? Let us know what you think of Yosemite's design in the comments.
Mac Yosemite Update
Pete Pachal and Bob Al-Greene contributed to this story.