/dark-dock

⚫️A group of common icons stylised in grayscale in order to implement the macOS dock "noir" theme.

An ongoing project to create grayscale versions of the most commonly used Mac apps. A perfect match for the newly introduced dark theme for macOS

Before

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After

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Installation

  1. Download the repository.
  2. Download and install LiteIcon.
  3. The grayscale folder contains all of the icons in black and white.
  4. Drag the .icns file of the desired app over the colour version within the LiteIcon panel.
  5. Click Apply Changes.
  6. Open/Close and Reopen the app to see changes.

Changing icons with System Integrity Protection (SIP) enabled

The majority of system applications cannot be changed using LiteIcon due to a macOS security feature called SIP. LiteIcon warns you the first time opening it of this with the following prompt.

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You will have to disable SIP temporarily with the following steps:

  1. Restart your Mac.
  2. Before OS X starts up, hold down Command-R and keep it held down until you see an Apple icon and a progress bar. Release. This boots you into Recovery.
  3. From the Utilities menu, select Terminal.
  4. At the prompt type exactly the following and then press Return: csrutil disable
  5. Terminal should display a message that SIP was disabled.
  6. From the  menu, select Restart.
  7. All of the disabled icons will now appear in the LiteIcon interface.
  8. Make sure to re-anable SIP once done using the same steps except csrutil enable. This is important for security.

Contribution / Modification

There is an icons.sketch file included for users who wish to contribute or modify the existing icons for their own usage.

  • Open the icons.sketch
  • Go to Applications/**Example.app**/
  • Right-click and Show Package Contents
  • The original icon is always in Content/Resources.
  • Copy the icon and rename accordingly and place in the original folder.
  • With Sketch open copy into icons.sketch as a layer.
  • There is only one panel you need to use to get the image grayscale. With the icon selected tick Color Adjust in the right-hand sidepanel.
  • Adjust Saturation to 0. Using a combination of Brightness and Contrast, adjust settings until there is a strong white/black contrast that should flatten the image. Ensure not to omit critical details for aesthetical reasons. I have found flat icons work better than detailed ones.
  • Export the layer @2x PNG.
  • Download the Image2Icon app and import .png and export .icns for use.
  • If contributing commit ONLY the .icns files for the original and grayscale, NOT the icons.sketch file.

Help / Get In Touch

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