Cannot change external drive icon

radioraheem · 06-24-2008, 11:34 AM

I just setup an Antec MX-100 SATA external hard drive, but for some reason I cannot change the system icon for the drive itself. Any other icons I attempt to copy and paste using the usual Get Info method just pastes a plain, blank white icon. I can hit delete to revert to the standard USB drive icon but would very much like to change that.

I'm thinking this may be because I formatted the drive for FAT instead of one of the Mac formats. The only reason I did this was so that I could use the external drive on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.

Can anyone confirm for me that you can't set a custom icon on a non-Mac format disk? Or is something else going on here?

Thanks in advance!

Photek · 06-24-2008, 11:59 AM

yup.... I think it needs to be Mac format to take Mac icons..

solipsism · 06-24-2008, 12:19 PM

See if this works for you.

• http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...61115060922447

macosnoob · 06-24-2008, 12:33 PM

You may be able to change it at the System level, in which case the new OS X-supplied icon will be the same for all drives of that type (e.g., USB or Firewire or ...). Try changing the icons located here:

/System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/Internal.icns
/System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/USBHD.icns

Naturally, back up these resources before experimenting.

Candy Bar, http://www.panic.com/candybar/, might provide additional options.

macosnoob · 06-25-2008, 05:06 PM

Or perhaps Set Icon, http://digitalpardoe.co.uk/software/show/10.

06-24-2008, 11:34 AM	#1
radioraheem Prospect Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 32	Cannot change external drive icon I just setup an Antec MX-100 SATA external hard drive, but for some reason I cannot change the system icon for the drive itself. Any other icons I attempt to copy and paste using the usual Get Info method just pastes a plain, blank white icon. I can hit delete to revert to the standard USB drive icon but would very much like to change that. I'm thinking this may be because I formatted the drive for FAT instead of one of the Mac formats. The only reason I did this was so that I could use the external drive on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. Can anyone confirm for me that you can't set a custom icon on a non-Mac format disk? Or is something else going on here? Thanks in advance!

06-24-2008, 12:19 PM	#3
solipsism MVP Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,881	See if this works for you. • http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...61115060922447

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06-24-2008, 11:59 AM	#2
Photek Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Warwick, UK Posts: 4,685	yup.... I think it needs to be Mac format to take Mac icons..

06-24-2008, 12:33 PM	#4
macosnoob MVP Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,149	You may be able to change it at the System level, in which case the new OS X-supplied icon will be the same for all drives of that type (e.g., USB or Firewire or ...). Try changing the icons located here: /System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/Internal.icns /System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext/Contents/Resources/USBHD.icns Naturally, back up these resources before experimenting. Candy Bar, http://www.panic.com/candybar/, might provide additional options.

06-25-2008, 05:06 PM	#5
macosnoob MVP Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,149	Or perhaps Set Icon, http://digitalpardoe.co.uk/software/show/10.