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| − | '''ICNS''' is the native icon format of Mac OS X. | + | '''ICNS''' (often written in lowercase as '''icns''') is the native icon format of Mac OS and OS X. |
It goes by many other names, including '''Apple Icon''', '''Macintosh Icon''', '''Mac OS Icon''', '''Macintosh OS X Icon''', '''Mac OS X Icon Resource''', '''Mac OS icns Resource''', and '''IconFamily Resource'''. | It goes by many other names, including '''Apple Icon''', '''Macintosh Icon''', '''Mac OS Icon''', '''Macintosh OS X Icon''', '''Mac OS X Icon Resource''', '''Mac OS icns Resource''', and '''IconFamily Resource'''. | ||
| − | Supported image sizes are 16, 32, 48, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 pixels square. | + | There are usually multiple images in a file. Supported image sizes are 16×12, and 16, 32, 48, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 pixels square. |
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
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== Related formats == | == Related formats == | ||
| − | Some ICNS files contain icons in the form of embedded [[PNG]] or [[ | + | |
| + | [[Macintosh resource file]]s often contain icons with the same IDs and formats as certain ICNS segments. Also, Macintosh resource files can contain encapsulated ICNS files, with resource type "<code>icns</code>". | ||
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| + | Some ICNS files contain icons in the form of embedded [[PNG]] or [[JP2]] files. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
| + | * [[Konvertor]] | ||
* [http://icns.sourceforge.net/ libicns] | * [http://icns.sourceforge.net/ libicns] | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | ** icns2png |
| + | * [[XnView]] | ||
| + | * {{Deark}} | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * http://www.team-5.org/_assets/images/simpleicons/ICNS/ | ||
| + | * http://www.prayingpelicanmissions.org/img/flags/flat/icns/ | ||
| + | * http://www.caritasfreetown.org:81/images/open_icon_library-full/icons/icns/ | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 6 October 2018
ICNS (often written in lowercase as icns) is the native icon format of Mac OS and OS X.
It goes by many other names, including Apple Icon, Macintosh Icon, Mac OS Icon, Macintosh OS X Icon, Mac OS X Icon Resource, Mac OS icns Resource, and IconFamily Resource.
There are usually multiple images in a file. Supported image sizes are 16×12, and 16, 32, 48, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 pixels square.
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Identification
Files begin with ASCII characters "icns".
Related formats
Macintosh resource files often contain icons with the same IDs and formats as certain ICNS segments. Also, Macintosh resource files can contain encapsulated ICNS files, with resource type "icns".
Some ICNS files contain icons in the form of embedded PNG or JP2 files.
Software
Sample files
- http://www.team-5.org/_assets/images/simpleicons/ICNS/
- http://www.prayingpelicanmissions.org/img/flags/flat/icns/
- http://www.caritasfreetown.org:81/images/open_icon_library-full/icons/icns/
