Snow Leopard makes it really easy to view large icons, all the way up to 512 x 512. It’s at this size you realise how much effort the icon designers go to in their icon’s. This isn’t just for the default Apple applications but third party too. Inspired by this post at Cult of Mac we’ve put together our favourite icons on the Mac. Be sure to view them at full size – some of the detail is amazing.

For example, ie sucks text on CSS Edit, the froth in Espresso and the warning in Scribbles. If you know of any other good icons we’ve missed then let us know in the comments.

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