I followed the directions in How to put a custom launcher in the Dock (Mavericks) but my case has a different twist. I have an Automator application which runs a shell script that (1) changes the stack size with ulimit and (2) runs an application. I would like to add this to the Dock. I can run it from the Launchpad and everything works correctly. It shows up in my Dock, but only as the application, not the Automator version. As a result, if I right click and enable 'Keep in Dock', then close and run again, the stack limit change of (1) is ignored. How do I put an icon in the Dock which runs the Automator application and not just the application?
MacOS – How to add an Automator application to the Dock
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This icon is shown on files that have been downloaded from the Internet and not used yet.
The first time you open the application, you will see a dialog warning you that you downloaded the application from the Internet and asking if you are sure you want to run it.
Say yes and run the app, and the icon should soon be changed back to what it should be (you may need to log out and back in).
To answer your question in general:
To change an app's icon, you first need to copy the new icon you want to use to the clipboard.
Open the image file you want in Preview (found in your Applications folder),
select all (⌘+A), and copy (⌘+C).Find the app whose icon you want to change. Select it in Finder and choose
File->Get Info(⌘+I).Select the small preview icon in the top left of the Get Info window, and paste (⌘+V).
To add an application to Launchpad, you can simply drag it to Launchpad in the Dock.
But be careful — currently there's no way to remove something from Launchpad that you've added.
(And if you have items in a folder in Launchpad, you can easily drag them out and organize them as you wish.)
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Best Answer
Just drag and drop the app_name.app bundle created in Automator onto the Dock where you want it.