Folder icon custom image blurry in Mojave.

[Showmaster]

Hi,

I would always customise the icon of my folder, you know:

Open a picture in Preview, Command + A, then Command + C.
Then go to "Info" of the folder in question, click on the standard (blue) picture and with Command + V the folder will now show the customised picture.

However, now in Mojave; the picture will be completely blurry? Even if the original picture is super sharp.
Why?
And how to get a sharp picture for my folder icons again please?


Showmaster

 

[cruisin]

Some research says if the image was not square it would be blurry.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8562625

Some testing shows that the first picture I tried was blurry, and a cropped to square version was sharp.

Also interesting is that iPhone photos are sharp (even not square) and other images are blurry.

 

[fisherking]

i've used plaster, for years, to make icons for things; simple: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/46214/plaster

 

[Showmaster]

Some research says if the image was not square it would be blurry.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8562625

The Apple forum has been down the whole day yesterday.....from where I am anyway.

Some testing shows that the first picture I tried was blurry, and a cropped to square version was sharp.

Also interesting is that iPhone photos are sharp (even not square) and other images are blurry.

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i've used plaster, for years, to make icons for things; simple: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/46214/plaster

Thanks, interesting too!

However, the "square" tip seems to work indeed! (After a couple of minutes trying).
In previous OSX versions the exact square shape was not that critical, though.

Thanks very much!

Showmaster

 

[dan329]

The custom icons appear blurry if the original is not square in size... but when you make an alias of a file with a custom icon, it changes the format of the original icon making it more portrait than square, and makes the icon blurry again.

anyone have a work around?

 

[jbarley]

This free little App has always worked for me, (Image2Icon)

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/18369/image2icon

 

[Showmaster]

The custom icons appear blurry if the original is not square in size... but when you make an alias of a file with a custom icon, it changes the format of the original icon making it more portrait than square, and makes the icon blurry again.

anyone have a work around?

Make sure the picture you want to use is absolutely square......and I mean square!
Height and width will have to be identical.

That normally does the trick although it takes a few attempts some times.

Showmaster

 

[cocoua]

this is so annoying, I wish they could fix this in MOjave, cant update to Catalyna yet.

anyone knows if this happens too in Catalyna?

this is so annoying, I wish they could fix this in MOjave, cant update to Catalyna yet.

anyone knows if this happens too in Catalyna?

I tried this and I think is the closest experience to copy paste image/icon, first open the app, drag the image then drag the folder and it would take the previous image. few steps