Icon Composer
Apple developer tool for creating layered app icons with Liquid Glass effects for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
What is Icon Composer?
Icon Composer is a Mac app from Apple for designing and annotating app icons for Apple platforms. It creates a multi-layer icon file from a single design and lets developers preview and refine icons for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The tool includes controls for Liquid Glass material properties such as highlights, refraction, translucency, and shadows, along with appearance-specific variants like Default, Dark, and Mono modes. Apple documents its integration with Xcode, where the icon file can be added directly to a project and used as the app icon resource. Apple also provides export options for flattened icon versions used in marketing and communication workflows. Users typically encounter Icon Composer as a standalone download from Apple Developer or from Xcode’s developer tool menu when preparing app assets.
Key features
- Creates multi-layer app icon files from a single design
- Previews icon variants for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch
- Adjusts Liquid Glass properties including highlights, refraction, translucency, and shadows
- Supports appearance-specific icon annotations for Default, Dark, and Mono modes
- Integrates directly with Xcode projects as an app icon resource
- Exports flattened icon versions for marketing and communication use
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This is an official Apple developer tool. It is safe when obtained from Apple Developer or through Apple’s developer tool distribution, and it is intended for creating app icon assets rather than handling sensitive personal data.
Recommendation: Keep it if you design or package apps for Apple platforms. If you do not do icon design or Xcode-based development, it is optional and can be removed without affecting normal everyday Mac use.
Common paths
/Applications/Icon Composer.app
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