Store it inside Scripts folder of Library of user domain.Assuming you named the bundle “setCustomIconForFolder”.You want create Automator workflow or app? When you run it from Automator the path to me is the path to Automator.app’s bundle instead of script bundle’s path. Nothing happens except it says true at the end. I created a script bundle with icon files inside the resource folder. Ws's setIcon:theImage forFile:folderPosixPath options:0 Set theImage to current application's NSImage's alloc()'s initWithContentsOfFile:icnsPosixPath On setCustomIconForFolder(icnsPosixPath, folderPosixPath) SetCustomIconForFolder(icnsPosixPath, folderPosixPath) of me Set folderPosixPath to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt 'Choose Folder') Set icnsPosixPath to POSIX path of (choose file of type '' default location appIconResources with prompt 'Choose Icon File') Set appIconResources to ((path to me as text) & 'Contents:Resources:') as alias Now, you can use this script bundle running it any time. scptd-bundle to ShowPackageContents window, go to Resources folder of Contents folder. Save following script as script bundle (.scptd).This is what ASOC can do, and maybe I or someone else will publish it. To replicate what you’re doing in Preview, a real ASOC script needs to change saturation, brightness, and so on. Set aRect to current application's NSMakeRect(0, 0, anImage's |size|()'s width(), anImage's |size|()'s height())Ĭurrent application's NSBezierPath's fillRect:aRect Set aColor to current application's NSColor's colorWithRed:255 green:2 blue:255 alpha:1.0 Set ws to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace() Set aFold to POSIX path of (choose folder 'Select folder to change icon') It just gives a filled icon, but gives you some idea. The following simple script is not what you are asking. Instead, you will have to use a pure ASOC script without the participation of Preview and the clipboard. Some steps from 1-8 can be automated, but others will require GUI scripting, making the script useless for other versions of Preview.

Color folder icons