- Crop square image file from photo or from scratch using a picture editor e.g. GIMP
- Open up Icon Composer (Comes with xcode, /Developer/Applications/Utilities)
- Drag and drop the image file onto Icon Composer
- Save the file (say 'myicon.icns')
- Open myicon.icns in preview
- Copy the image
- Select the folder/file whose icon you want to change
- Right click and 'get info'
- Click and highlight the small icon at the top left (just above 'spotlight comments')
- 'Paste'
gattach was a handy tool to use for webmail clients like gmail. I couldn't find it anymore, but then from this discussion I found out that gattach is now affixa.
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