Add Folder Icons
Add Folder Icons is a macOS utility that customizes Finder folders by generating and applying image-based icons to one or many folders at once.
What is Add Folder Icons?
Add Folder Icons is a Mac utility for changing the appearance of Finder folders by creating custom folder icons from images. It helps users organize visually by applying artwork, cover images, or styled icon designs to ordinary folders instead of the default blue folder look. The app supports batch work, so you can update multiple folders in one session rather than editing each folder by hand. It also includes style options for how images are turned into folder icons, which is useful for media collections, project folders, archives, and other folders you want to identify quickly at a glance. For more advanced workflows, it offers AppleScript support so it can be used with Automator, scripts, and other Mac automation tools. Published by Org, it is aimed at Mac users who want a simple customization tool for Finder organization.
Key features
- Apply custom icons to Finder folders using images
- Generate folder icons for multiple folders in a batch
- Choose different styles for how images are displayed on folder icons
- Use artwork from folder contents to create visual folder covers
- Automate icon changes with AppleScript support
- Integrate with Automator and other Mac scripting workflows
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This app’s normal job is to modify folder icons, so it needs access to the folders you choose to edit. That kind of file access is expected for a Finder customization tool. Using it may change how folders look in Finder, but it should not change the contents of the files inside those folders. If you use it on shared or carefully organized folders, make sure you want the visual changes before applying them in bulk.
Recommendation: Keep Add Folder Icons if you actively use custom folder artwork or automated Finder organization. If you no longer customize folder icons, you can remove it without affecting normal macOS operation, though any saved workflows or future bulk icon edits will no longer be available.
Common paths
/Applications/Add Folder Icons.app
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