Big Sur icons: Where are they?

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Created Aug ’20

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Hey guys! Was wondering if you guys knew where the macOS icons in BigSur are stored.
I checked in the following places and pretty much the whole /System/Library folder:

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources -- where they usually are
Finder app in /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
Dock app in that same directory
CoreTypes.bundle in /System/Volumes/<whatever your startup disk is named>/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/

I need those icons for stuff.
Please let me know if you guys know where they are!

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Aug ’20

Looks like you got a response on the other thread you created for the same question.

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stumpy666davies OP

Mar ’21

Other answers didn't give you a full answer, and I figured this out, so thought I'd share my simple solution, right click (or ctrl click) each item you want the icon for, click get info, at top left click and highlight the icon - then in the mac edit menu, select "copy 6 items", open the preview app, click File > New from Clipboard 😊

Enjoy your icon images, edit them, do whatever you like with them, just remember, they are the property of Apple, so use them for personal use, like for customising other systems you own, or like me, for customising my virtual machines looks to match my mac environment 😊

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Answer 3

stumpy666davies OP

Mar ’21

Other icns for drive icons internal external etc can be found at,

/System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext/Contents/Resources

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Answer 4

AMomchilov OP

Sep ’21

Interestingly, it seems like the folder icons in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources, such as GenericFolderIcon.icns, are actually the Catalina version of these assets.

I found a Big Sur folder asset in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IconFoundation.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Assets.car (which I opened with AssetCatalogTinkerer). I found the plain folder icon in several colours, but not specialized icons for the desktop, music, images, etc. folders. I suspect these might be computationally generated by Finder.

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