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  1. stackoverflow.com

    I noticed lots of requests for apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png and apple-touch-icon.png in the logs that tried to load the images from the root directory of the site. I first thought it was a misconfiguration of the mobile theme and plugin, but found out later that Apple devices make those requests if the device owner adds the site to it.
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  3. developer.apple.com

    If no icons are specified using a link element, the website root directory is searched for icons with the apple-touch-icon... prefix. For example, if the appropriate icon size for the device is 58 x 58, the system searches for filenames in the following order:
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  5. apple-touch-icons requires that at least one Apple touch icon is present and of a standard size. Why is this important? Since iOS 1.1.3, Safari for iOS has supported a way for developers to specify an image that will be used to represent the web site or app on the home screen. The image is known as the touch icon.
  6. webmasters.stackexchange.com

    Other than a slightly-blocky icon for anyone who saves my URL to their home screen on an iOS device, are there any downsides to just symlinking each of apple-touch-icon {-120x120,76x76,} {-precomposed,}.png to my 20x21 favicon.ico?
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  1. I guess apple devices make those requests if the device owner adds the site to it. This is the equivalent of the favicon. To resolve, add 2 100×100 png files, save it as apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png and apple-touch-icon.png and upload it to the root directory of the server. After that, the error should be gone.

    I noticed lots of requests for apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png and apple-touch-icon.png in the logs that tried to load the images from the root directory of the site. I first thought it was a misconfiguration of the mobile theme and plugin, but found out later that Apple devices make those requests if the device owner adds the site to it.

    Source: Why Webmasters Should Analyze Their 404 Error Log (Mar 2012; by Martin Brinkmann)

    --Joao Leme

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