If you are looking for a nice picture of your Mac, you can search for it on the internet. Guaranteed that you will find a picture there.
You can also do this on your own Mac. High-quality images (1024×1024 pixels) are available in the macOS system files of almost all Macs. In addition to Mac images, there are also images available of new and vintage Apple products such as the first generation Apple TV, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule and Xserve.
Apple hardware .icns images
All Apple hardware images can be found in the deeply hidden system folders of macOS. Follow the steps below to access the folder containing the Apple images.
- Open the macOS Finder app
- Click on ‘Go’ in the menu bar
- Select the ‘Go to folder’ menu option
- Copy the following path: /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle
- Paste the copied path into the ‘Go to Folder’ window command⌘ + V
- Press Enter to open the path
- Select the file ‘CoreTypes.bundle’, click on it while holding down the control key and choose the option ‘Show package contents…’ from the context menu
- A new Finder window will now open, go to the folder Contents ▸ Resources.
- In this folder you can find all Apple hardware images (icons), they all start with the file name com.apple
Export hardware image as PNG file
You can open the icns files using the default macOS Preview app by double-clicking on them. After opening the icns file, you will see the image appear multiple times in the sidebar. The top image has the largest size 1024×1024 pixels decreasing to 72×72 pixels.
Select the first image, then click File ▸ Export in the menu bar. Use PNG as file type because the images have a transparent background, with JPEG this is lost. You can use the exported image in any app that allows the use of images.