[mrpippy]

> Also Apple does not embed icons in their binaries. Their app bundles are not binaries, they are a directory structure. The icon is just another file, just like the _actual_ executable(s)

You actually can put an icon into the resource fork of a Mach-O binary, and it’ll show up in the Finder and Dock (assuming the executable turns itself into a GUI app).

It’s an uncommon thing to do, but Qemu uses it, and unfortunately I don’t think there’s another way to embed an icon in a bare Mach-O binary