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Manipulate Mac OS X file icons from Automator or command-line
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Is there a way to manipulate icons on an Mac OS X file from either Automator or the terminal? In my case, I want to remove custom icons (that is, the same as doing 'Get Info' and Edit->Cut on the icon) from a large number of files.
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I asked this question back in 2007. A combination of 3 OS X tools can do this. You need Developer Tools installed, then check out: /Developer/Tools/Rez, DeRez, and SetFile. You can use 'sips' to give an image file a custom icon of itself ('sips' act…
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