How to change Finder icon on macOS Catalina?

On previous versions of macOS, it was possible to change the Finder icon in /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/.

However, this doesn't seem possible in Catalina anymore? Even with SIP disabled?


Based on this answer: Cannot change login wallpaper in 10.15 Catalina?

  1. Reboot Mac, holding R to boot into Recovery mode
  2. Open terminal
  3. Disable SIP with csrutil disable
  4. Reboot Mac
  5. Open a terminal
  6. sudo mount -uw /
  7. sudo cp ~/your-new-icon.png /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/finder.png
  8. Repeat for [email protected]
  9. Reboot into recovery
  10. Re-enable SIP with csrutil enable