Redesigning the Apple Mail icon

 

Redesigning the Apple Mail icon

One thing I have always hated about OS X is the Apple Mail icon. It is way over the top, displaying a stamp with a photo in it and the stamped mark saying “Hello from Cupertino.” Johan Prag decided to take things into his own hands with a series called Redesigning OS X on his blog, &seen. It’s simple, identifiable, and beautiful. I, for one, am glad to have it in my dock.

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  1. Am I the only one who can’t get the ICNS to install properly? Can you offer any tips on how to get this working?

  2. @Abraham — I used Img2icns with the png file they provide and replaced the app.icns file within the package contents.

  3. Awesome, thanks so much Jonnie. http://cld.ly/61e4g :)

  4. [...] and I’m not a fan of things that suck (are you listening, AT&T Wireless?). Thank god the guy from Destroy Today blogged about the guy from &seen making a new mail.app icon, and then Google for letting me search for [...]

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