Creating an app icon

Creating an app icon that can be use for macOS apps It also supports retina screens.

.png 👉 .icns

1. Download IconMaker.app 👈 (It’s just an .applescript won’t bite)
2. Drag and drop your .png onto the IconMaker.app and your done 👍

Example:

here is an app icon I created in Illustrator:

gitsync_logo_2016_blue_512.icns gitsync_logo_2016_blue_512.icns

Now you have the .icns file that can be added to your xcode project.

Build IconMaker.app your self:

This applescripts can convert a .png to an .icns file in 4 simple steps:

1. Open the AppleScript app
2. Copy and paste the code into AppleScript from JoeFrizzell in the link bellow.
3. Save as: IconMaker.app
4. Drag and drop your .png onto the IconMaker.app you just created.

Credits to JoeFrizzell via: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/140361/179041