The instructions apply to devices with macOS 10 or later.
How to Change Icons on a Mac
Many icon collections are available on the web.
You’ll find numerous sites that offer free and low-cost icon collections for the Mac, including IconFinder andDeviantart.
Find an icon set you want to use online and download it to your Mac.
Locate the new file you want to use.
How you do so depends on the format of the image you’re using.
In the next window, click theiconnext to the name of the file and pressCommand+C.
Right-click orControl+clickthe drive or folder you are personalizing and clickGet Info.
Click thethumbnail icononce to select it.
Repeat the process for any other folders or drives you are personalizing.
Right-click orControl+clickthefolderwith the icon you want to change and selectGet Infofrom the pop-up menu.
Keep this Get Info window open.
In the downloads folder, select aniconyou want to use.
The downloaded file may contain several folders, but you want the one labeledMac.
Inside the folder are different .icns (icon files).
Drag the selectediconto the openGet Infowindow and drop it on the icon thumbnail in the top left corner.
The new icon takes the place of the old one.
