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Originally Posted by BetterRed
If an icon can be attached to a MacOS alias file, like they can to a Windows shortcut file, then a user could launch via that.
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This almost, but not quite, works on MacOS.
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You can make a shortcut on the Desktop with a custom icon as simply as this:- In Finder, right-click the file you want the alias to point to and select "Make Alias"
- Move the alias to the Desktop and give it whatever name you want (using Finder)
- Assuming the icon you want to set is a PNG, open the image file in Preview and select Edit > Copy. This might work with many other image types too.
- Right-click the alias and choose Get Info, then click the icon in the top left, and in Finder's menu bar select Edit > Paste. This will paste the image in as the file's icon.
Now you have an alias that has a custom icon.
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This works, until you drag the alias to the Dock, at which point the icon reverts to the standard icon.
Alternately, you can create a Shortcut, and change the icon there. But when you click on the Shortcut in the dock, a second Icon appears, with the old Calibre icon.
I don't know why Kovid is so set against adopting a Mac-standard icon design with a curved-square background.