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    icon for external drives

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gazzacbr, Jul 5, 2009.

  1. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    is it possible to add some file type to a flash drive / external hard disk to give a nice icon on the desktop for that particular drive when its plugged in? i know how to change the generic icon, but thats not what i want. cheers
     
    gazzacbr, Jul 5, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Right click on the current icon of the drive, first select the icon file you would like to replace the icon of the drive with, right click and select to Get Info, click on the icon image at the top of the dialog that pops open so that the icon becomes highlighted, press Cmd+C (copy), right click on the drive you want changed and select Get Info, click on the icon image at the top of the dialog that pops open, press Cmd+V (paste).
     
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  3. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi budding, thanks for the info. that will keep the icon for that particular drive on my laptop only? will this just change the icon for the shortcut to that drive on my mac? if i plug the drive into another mac will it keep the icon?
     
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    It will be for that one drive only. If you want to change all icons for a certain file type (which might work for drives), you will have to go through terminal or use some 3rd party tool such as Micon or something.
     
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  5. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    ok, thanks alot for that. i will have a play tonight.
     
    gazzacbr, Jul 5, 2009
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  6. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    I can't believe Budding didn't mention CandyBar.

    Great little app, but unfortunately, not free.
     
    cdnalsi, Jul 5, 2009
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  7. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Candy bar will change all the icons for the drives, not just the one drive.
     
    Seshan, Jul 5, 2009
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  8. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    @Seshan "Just so you know, Mac is not a acronym, that means it is Mac not MAC. Also It's OS X not OSX, It is pronounced O-S-10. X is the roman numeral for 10"
    ok, you are right, Mac is correct, but O-S-s-e-x sounds much better ;)
     
    gazzacbr, Jul 5, 2009
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  9. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    man, don't jump on him. perhaps he was too lazy to type. anyways, candy bar has worked for to change the folder icon. but i like the default icons very much
     
    Luke1708, Jul 5, 2009
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  10. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    i gave candybar a trial run, but it only sees hfs drives, ie my install and time machine. it does not see my other ntfs partitions, external backup drive or flash drives.
     
    gazzacbr, Jul 8, 2009
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  11. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Some say Mac OSuX :D
     
    Xirurg, Jul 8, 2009
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  12. circa86

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    Candybar is worth it if you like to change icons a lot, and makes it much simpler when dealing with Systems icons that are otherwise a bit of a pain to change.
     
    circa86, Jul 8, 2009
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  13. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Another option for managing and changing Mac icons is the free LiteIcon. You can pull icons from CandyBar, IconFactory or elsewhere and then use this to manage all the system icons in one window -- much easier imo than using the folder by folder approach, and the price is right.
     
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  14. Sam

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    Budding gave all the necessary information :D. It will only change that particular drive (so if you plug in two USB drives, there can be two different icons). I used to colour code my flash drives (3 of them) with icons from InterfaceLIFT :p.
     
    Sam, Jul 9, 2009
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  15. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    OSX is a common accepted way to write out "Mac OS X" for short.
     
    doh123, Jul 9, 2009
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