Mac OSX Icon missing in launchpad

[bernieb]

Well.....tried all of that with no success. I'm ready to give up and be content looking at a blank space where icon should be. I can still click on the blank space for access or leave icon in the dock. Thanks again for your help.

Bernie

[Jeff8356]

Just out of curiosity...
Using Finder go to your Applications folder and right click on OSCAR.app, select "Get Info" and a little window will open.  Does the OSCAR icon show up there?

   

[bernieb]

   

Yes it does!!!

[Jeff8356]

The good news is the icon is actually there on your system. The bad news is that it is getting lost somewhere between /Applications and Launchpad.
I am out of suggestions at this point. One of those Mac mysteries for now....

[Sora]

I've also had this issue for some time now, though I can't say with specificity.  I rarely use Launchpad, so this issue is more of a curiosity since I've never seen said bug before.

I'm on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 (beta).

Regardless, thanks for all the work on the app. Love it.

[Jeff8356]

I rarely use Launchpad, so this issue is more of a curiosity since I've never seen said bug before.

It's been a Mac bug for many years now, since Launchpad first appeared, but it's usually rare.  I saw it often enough when I used CLI to delete an app, then a question mark would show up in Launchpad where the app used to be.  The icon may just show up one day, or never appear.  I even have a couple of apps that just don't show up in Launchpad at all.  It happens....

[mstevens]

I'm having exactly this same issue.

Osar has never had an application icon in Launchpad for me, over several versions of MacOS. I do see icons in the Applications folder, the dock, or desktop shortcuts.

This has persisted through Oscar reinstallations and through a fresh install on a new MacBook, through icon cache repairs, and everything else I can think of.

[Jeff8356]

@mstevens

If you open Finder and go to your /Applications folder, right click on OSCAR.app and choose "Get Info".  In the window that opens look at the section that says "Preview".  Does that show an icon there?

[Dog Slobber]

I can't remember which version of OSCAR broke the icon in launchpad, I haven't had one for a while. I haven't been concerned because I just keep OSCAR in my dock.

1.3.0 OSCAR on Big Sur 11.6
- No icon in launchpad
- There is an icon in OSCAR.app / info / preview

[Jeff8356]

Yeah, guess that's still a Mac thing then. Figured Apple would have fixed that by now.
I have never had an issue with the OSCAR icon in Launchpad. Other apps on occasion, yes, but never OSCAR.

If you have already tried removing that *.db file, or forcing LaunchPad/Dock to rebuild using Terminal, and it didn't work, then it's just one of those Mac quirks that will probably never be fixed by Apple.