LanguageICNS
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.
What is icns 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.
How to open icns file?
ICNS icon can be natively opened in Apple Preview and edited in most icon-editing software tools.
How to convert icns file?
Axialis IconWorkshop and IcoFX are able to work and convert the .incs files.
Suggested software to open icns file:
Associated software actions with the icns file
Software applications that can open icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IcoFX (Microsoft Windows)
Apple Icon Composer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
icns Browser (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Icons Maker (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IcoFX (Microsoft Windows)
Apple Icon Composer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
icns Browser (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Icons Maker (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IcoFX (Microsoft Windows)
Apple Icon Composer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
icns Browser (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Icons Maker (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Programs for viewing icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IconBox (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that create icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IcoFX (Microsoft Windows)
Apple Icon Composer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
icns Browser (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Icons Maker (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Image2icon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that convert icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IcoFX (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IconBox (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
IconBox (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that export icns files:
Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
SlipCover (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IconBox (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving icns files:
macOS (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Mac OS X (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)