Input file
ICON
- Full Name: Icon Image Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
ICNS
- Full Name: Apple Icon Graphic Format
- Developer: Apple
What is ICON file?
The ICON .ico file extension is a type of image file used to store icon graphics. Being a raster image file format, the ICON files contain images in either monochrome, 16-color, 256-color or True Color mode. As the name implies, these files are generally used to represent icons or tiny images which can be used for a number of purposes such as shortcut icons, program icons, website’s favicon etc. All Windows operating systems since Windows 1.0 support the . [ ⏩ ] ICON file extension
What is ICNS file?
The .icns icon resource file is used by Apple Mac OS X, starting with version 10.3. It is used to store a set of small and large icons used for programs, documents, or other files. An icon resource file will generally consist of a series of images stored separately in thecorrect sizes – 16x16px up to 512x512px, in colour depths of 1-bit up to 32-bit. It also stores information about the locations of the different versions of the image within the overall file. Usability and Content An . [ ⏩ ] ICNS file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from ICON to ICNS?
To successfully convert the ICON file to ICNS, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.ICON). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case ICNS (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than ICNS).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. ICON to ICNS. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting ICON files to ICNS files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension ICNS, while before this step we had the ICON file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new ICNS file, or not.