Where can I find Icon Composer on Mac?

Question

I am trying to find Icon Composer, which was supposedly downloaded as part of Xcode, but I can not find it in applications or in the spotlight.

Any ideas where this might be, or if I should download it separately? If yes, where from? I tried to find it in the App Store, but found nothing.

Edit: I am using Xcode 4.4.1 if this helps.

Answer 1

Icon Composer is not supported by Apple these days, and one of the reasons is that Icon Composer does not allow Retina Displays.

Replacement is a clumsy command line tool called " iconutil ". It is probably installed as part of the "Command Line Tools for Xcode".

You need to create your icons in PNG format, put them in a folder (which will be called .iconset ), and then run the " iconutil " tool in this folder to create the " .icns " file.

This related question has a useful answer , and points to this Apple documentation . As soon as you hang it, the process of creating icons becomes simple.

Answer 2

I have this version of Xcode in / Applications / Development. If you don’t have one, launch Xcode and select the menu item "Xcode-> Open Developer Tool-> Additional Developer Tools ..." and find the graphical download.

Answer 3

Philip is right, but here's an explanation, Icon Composer is still available. In Xcode, click the Xcode menu> Open Developer Tool> Additional Developer Tools ...

On the website that appears, you need to find "Graphics Tools" and download the dmg file with the same name (about 120 MB). It will contain the Icon Composer application previously distributed with Xcode.

Answer 4

Here is a link to the new version of github Icon Compositor 2x, which also has 1024, so Retina permission. Here is the Github repository: https://github.com/lemonmojo/IconComposer2x

The following link for the original Icon Composer says: "Note: the size of 1024x1024 does not change anymore. It is replaced by 512x512 @ 2x."

New github version called Icon Compositor 2x makes 1024 direct