<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>On macOS, to set an alternate icon, one can use the NSDockTile API to draw it in code.</li><li>Mac apps may not have access to the system-wide Icon & widget style settings or the current tint color.</li><li>Icons can be created using NSImage(named: String) and displayed with an NSImageView.</li><li>If an icon has variations for light mode, dark mode, or mono version, the mono version is shown.</li><li>When adding multiple .icon files to a Mac app, Xcode might only include the default icon, ignoring the others.</li><li>.icon files are included in the app as .icns files generated from the .icon files.</li><li>It is possible to generate .icns files differently and include them as resources in the app.</li></ul>

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