Application icon must be in .icns format.

Newbie here. I have managed to build an app. I find that if i want a custom icon for my app. It must be in .icns format. I have also downloaded icons for use. These are not in icns format. Can't i use them for my apps ? Puzzled as to what is the differerence. Can I convert my normal icons into icns for use ?

Hi Pod Guy
There's a neat app called Img2icns from http://www.img2icnsapp.com/ which will create icns files for you given any graphics source.
Bob

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