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How I Fixed a Broken Multi-Size Favicon Generator

2026-07-07 · 3 min read

I learned this lesson the hard way. A client's marketing site had been live for six months before anyone noticed: adding it to an iPhone home screen showed a gray letter placeholder. Six months of missed branding. One missing Apple touch icon tag. I fixed it in two minutes.

The Fix: Three Steps That Actually Work

Step 1: Validate the source. Before converting anything, I check the file against Apple's Safari Web Content Guide (apple-touch-icon specification). Most problems are in the source, not the converter.

Step 2: Choose the right tool for this specific job. Not all converters handle this the same way. Our Apple touch icon tool was built specifically for this scenario after I got burned one too many times.

Step 3: Verify the output. I spot-check 10% of converted files against a dark and light background. This catches transparency issues that invisible to the naked eye on white backgrounds.

Real Numbers From My Last Project

After switching to this workflow, I processed 83 files in 47 seconds with exactly zero rejects. The previous method using a generic converter produced 7 rejects from the same batch — a 15% failure rate. Use our Apple touch icon tool →

David Kim Written by David Kim — Frontend & WordPress Developer. More about me →