Reader Barry is running Windows 7 Professional. Out of the blue, his system started displaying generic icons for various files and folders. Thankfully, he was kind enough to include a screenshot ...

However, the blue app icon and name (“Google Duo”) remained unchanged until today. Version 173.0.0 is now rolling out via the App Store and changes the icon to the four-colored video camera ...

If you want to revert a file or folder to its default icon, open its Get Info panel again, click the icon in the panel to select it, and choose Edit -> Cut or use the keyboard shortcut Command-X.

In software, the icon has always been a rounded square. In 2019 , Google made it less blocky with rounded corners and visual separation to look more like a viewfinder than a square camera.

If you’re tired of looking at the generic blue Mac folders, there are many ways to spruce them up. One simple and fun way is to use Folder Factory 1.8 ( Mac App Store link ) to customize your ...