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Apple icon graphic format
File type: Graphics file
Files with icns extension can be usually encountered as icon archives from Mac OS X (macOS). Contains several sizes of icons in a single file.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 29, 2024
File extension icns is most notably associated and ued for Apple icon graphic format, which is the native icon format in Mac OS X.
The typical icns files contain several different sizes of the same icon in a single file. ICSN format supports icons of various sizes, such as 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 128×128, 256×256 and 512×512 pixels, with both 1- and 8-bit alpha channels and multiple image states. The .icsn files may be both uncompressed and compressed.
The larger icons within the icns file are typically in the JPEG 2000 file format.
ICNS icon can be natively opened in Apple Preview and edited in most icon-editing software tools.
Axialis IconWorkshop and IcoFX are able to work and convert the .incs files.
Software applications that can open icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software capable of saving icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Programs for viewing icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that convert icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that import icns files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that export icns files:
Microsoft Windows
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