🪦 RIP to the future of my custom Games Folder Icon for all your Mac Gamers out there… macOS 26 «Tahoe» introduces individually customizing folders, to resemble a theme/topic using icons and emojis – and it’s as easy as a piece of cake. Anyhow – let’s go with a blast:
Here’s maybe my last macOS «Games»-folder icon update, after 18 years!
How to add a Gaming themed icon to Folders in macOS
Prefer «old style»? Download each game icon version here:
How to apply it: upon downloading and extracting the .icns-file, inspect the Folder in Finder you want to assign it to, and then drag’n’drop the icon-file onto the folder icon (top left of the info window).
2 steps: Customize yourself an Icon for a themed Folder
- Select a Folder in Finder, and Right-Click »
Customize Folder…
Also works via «File» menu when a Folder is selected.
- Pick any Icon you like… DONE
Or alternatively set a colorful emoji via the «Emoji»-button and search below 🙂
Pro tip: Further adjust the appearance of Folders and icons OS-wide via the updated macOS «Appearance»-System Settings.
The history & previous iterations of my icon for game folders
Down the memory lane… previous variations of the game folder icons for Mac Finder:
- from 2023: macOS 14 Sonoma and 15 Sequoia
- from 2021: macOS 12 Monterey and 13 Ventura
- from 2014: Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite to macOS 11 Big Sur
- in 2007: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to OS X 10.9 Mavericks
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