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Developer Icons
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Icons and graphics for Mac OS X developers
This page contains icons and graphics for Mac OS X developers to use in their products.
You're welcome to download and use these items, subject to the License Agreement mentioned below. If you've created some icons or images which you'd like to make available to other developers, please contact us!
You can also download and use our Cocoa source code in your own Mac OS X applications.
License Agreement
These items (excluding those in the Third-Party Icons section, and excluding those for which other licensing terms are mentioned) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, version 1.0, except for paragraph 5.a. thereof which is hereby excluded from the license for these items.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Developer Icons
These icons and graphics are available in various formats, as specified individually below. Where Photoshop files are included, they are Photoshop 7.0 (or later) layered PSD files, which may include text layers, Layer Styles, and other Photoshop-specific elements. Where Illustrator files are included, the files are usually Illustrator 10.0 (or later) AI files, with embedded fonts.
If you need other formats, please contact us and we'll be happy to oblige.
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Application Icon Template |
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This is a layered Photoshop file containing a template for a standard Mac OS X application icon, in the TextEdit/Project Builder style. Each element (main page, secondary page, and tool) is on a separate layer, with appropriate Layer Styles for drop-shadows. Perspectives and angles are correct for this style of icon. This file includes the Fountain Pen graphic by Michael McCracken; see below.
Here's a preview.
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Web Browser Toolbar Icons |
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This is a layered Photoshop file containing various icons suitable for use in a web browser, one per layer, including intact Layer Styles. Icons are sized larger than normal NSToolbar size for flexibility.
Here's a preview. |
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Miscellaneous Icons |
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A grab-bag of icons in all kinds of formats, including Photoshop, PNG, TIFF, ICNS and others.
Here's a preview. |
Third-Party Icons
The following icons and graphics have been made available by other Mac OS X developers. They are not Scotland Software products, and are not governed by the License Agreement mentioned previously. Please visit the info page for each item (links are provided below), to find out more about licensing. In almost all cases, licenses are substantially similar to our own License Agreement above.
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Provided by Michael McCracken.
This is a TIFF of the Fountain Pen image used in the icon for Blapp.
Here's a preview. |
Refresh Icon |
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Provided by Buzz Andersen.
This is the "Refresh" toolbar-icon used in PodWorks. Both a Photoshop 7 file and the original Illustrator file are provided.
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VoodooPad Toolbar Icons |
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Provided by Gus Mueller
(Individual download links are available on that page.)
Gus has made four icons available: the "HomePad", "Link" and "Info" toolbar-icons from VoodooPad (as PNGs), and the application icon from VoodooNetKey (as a PSD).
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Resources
Below is a collection of links to useful icon-related resources for developers, including sites where icons can be downloaded and/or purchased, icon design contractors, and more.
Icon-related Cocoa Source Code
Our source code page contains Cocoa sample code showing how to retrieve the file icon for any filetype (such as "html", "rtf" and so on), or the application icon of the user's default handler application for any internet protocol (such as "http:" for the default web-browser, "mailto:" for the default email client, and so on).
Obj-C Source Toolbar Icons
A collection of useful toolbar icons for your applications. See elsewhere on the site for source code and other developer-oriented goodies.
Apple User Experience Aqua Icon Design resources
Apple's Aqua Icon Design page includes tips, tricks and further links, and also offers an Aqua Icon Kit for download, which includes Photoshop 7 templates and actions to help you create document and plugin icons for your applications.
The IconFactory
No list of Mac icon resources would be complete without mentioning the venerable IconFactory. They offer contract design services, and have now also created StockIcons.com, where you can purchase and download pre-made sets of toolbar icons for Mac OS X, Windows XP, and more.
Icon Designers for hire
Hire any of these talented icon designers to give your app's UI a professional finish.
Rick Roe's Icons.cx
Amongst many other goodies, Icons.cx has plenty of classic Mac OS (32x32 pixels) icons you're allowed to distribute, which are perfect for your NSToolbars.
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