Select the file, press COMMAND + i, select the icon, press backspace, close the “Info” window and wait a few seconds.

In that case a reboot may be helpful to rebuild the icon cache.ģ) I did find another option, that seems to work for some users: I just tested these exact steps again under Catalina (macOS 10.15.5), and it still works.ġ) You probably did, but I have to ask any way: did you follow all the steps to a tee?Ģ) If the original file is a PNG image, then your Mac appears to be showing generic icons (the “PNG”) text. Hmm, that’s interesting (and a little annoying) … since I cannot reproduce this, I’ll have to do a few guessed … As you can see the name of the shortcut (due to it’s length) is not helping much either. It will use this icon for ALL web/url shortcuts you want to make … making it less obvious and less distinguishable when you have a few on your desktop. You’ll notice that the Mac automatically uses a default HTTP” icon. This being the main reason why I’m not using the usual bookmark mechanism of my browser. Just a reminder for me to look at in the next few days after which I might delete it again. I my example, I want to save a shortcut on my desktop of a website that has my dream car for sale. However I wish Apple would use a FavIcon automatically as seen on for example iOS. The following trick seems a little cumbersome, but once you get used to it, it’s not that bad. It’s boring, it doesn’t utilize the so called FavIcon and … well it makes it more difficult to distinguish the shortcut on your desktop in case you have multiple … so how are we going to change this icon?

I don’t particularly like the default HTTP” Internet shortcut utilized by MacOS.

Add shortcut on mac desktop