iConvert Icons for Mac

Convenient app when you need to convert the icon quickly and without any efforts. Nice.

The listing's description for what this app does is somewhat misleading. Yes, it can convert ICNS files to PNG format, but it can do the reverse of that as well as handle ICO icons (Windows format). It does this with a simple drag/drop operation, making it easy-peasy. I have a handful of Windows-based apps and games that I run on my Mac in a self-contained Wine wrappers and this app is essential for me in creating Mac-fomatted ICNS icons to have something other than a generic app icon. I frequently use fan-made PNG icons off DeviantArt and other sites, for example. Or I use a Windows-based utility to extract the icon out of the Windows application in question and then convert that icon to a Mac-compatible one. It's stupidly easy and well worth the 5 bucks to me.

useful software !

For my workflow, I prefer Icon Slate. However, Icon Slate does not create icons in the legacy bitmap icns formats (it32, etc) and I found that out the hard way once my icons were in the field. I needed icons in the old format QUICK, and iConvert Icons looked like it might do the trick. I rolled the dice and won. It gets the job done quick, painless, and at a very reasonable price. Again, I prefer Icon Slate's workflow, but iConvert Icons saved my rear end and is worth every penny for me. And now for the rant: To all who complain about $5 for this software: seriously? If you don't need it, don't buy it. If a different "free" method suits your needs, have a blast. If you paid for the program, and it didn't do what you expected it to do (or worse yet, it didn't do what it was SUPPOSED to do) then a negative review is justified. I attempt to contact a developer when I have an issue, and ALWAYS before I'm inclined to post a negative review. If you want good software written by an indie developer who makes a living from his or her craft, you're paying to support the product, the person, and often their family. Don't throw any software, even packages made by established "big" companies, under the bus without doing some due diligence. Have some respect, people.

It's nice app. Not bad but not wonderful.