I can't seem to find Icon Composer on the Xcode versions at run on Mountain Lion.
Where is it? Has it been taken out? How to get it back?
MacOS – Where did Icon Composer go from Xcode
iconmacosxcode
Related Question
- Why don’t .ico files created in Icon Composer work on Windows
- IOS – Where is “Get Info” in Xcode 4.2
- 2 instances of Xcode installed
- MacBook – Which versions of Xcode are not updated to take advantage of HiDPI/Retina displays
- How to download Xcode 4.4 without using the App Store
- MacOS – Small XCode Bug where No Output is Shown
- IOS – Find out which app icon is missing in xcode for an app
- Mac – How to install older Xcode version from the App Store
Best Answer
It's been moved into one of the add-on packages for Xcode, and is now part of the Graphics Tools for Xcode package.
Apparently this is (at least partly?) because this is no longer the 'officially recommended' way to generate (high resolution) icons. See the OS X Human Interface Guidelines and the High Resolution Guidelines for more info.
I believe Icon Composer doesn't support the highest resolution icons required these days (1024x1024), and you're encouraged to use
iconutilinstead, which does, and allows you to convert between ICNS and "iconsets" (effectively just a folder containing a collection of PNG files of different resolutions).If you still want it, you can get it as follows:
In Xcode, go to the Xcode > Open Developer Tool > More Developer tools....
You'll need to log in (or register) with your (free) Apple Developer account, and then you'll be shown a list of available packages for Xcode, including the Graphics Tools for Xcode. Grab the latest one and install.
This DMG of Graphics Tools contains: