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Desktop Icon for SSD
#60294 12/23/21 06:27 PM
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I know how to change the icon that shows on the Desktop for an external hard drive (just did it using the Get Info window), and have done it many times before. But now with an external SSD, the copy/paste method used for external hard drives to change the Desktop icon produces no change. Is this a characteristic of SSDs or is something else going on. Yes, I have privileges for the SSD.


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Re: Desktop Icon for SSD
Ira L #60587 01/14/22 09:14 AM
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Sorry for forgetting about this.

I was just able to change my external SSD's desktop icon using the traditional Get Info > copy & paste method.

Dunno what's up on your end.


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Re: Desktop Icon for SSD
artie505 #60588 01/14/22 11:07 AM
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Addendum: macOS 10.15.7


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artie505 #60592 01/14/22 06:41 PM
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I am in the same OS as you indicated. I'll pursue into this again. Thanks.


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Ira L #60634 01/20/22 07:25 PM
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The bottom line is that some forum postings elsewhere claim there is a bug in Catalina and Big Sur that may prevent the icon from changing, but not always. Further research revealed that the desired image may need to be of the format .png or .ico, both of which I have tried, but the new Desktop icon will not "stick". This is even after the green "+" sign appears after dragging the image onto the Get Info window or after attempting to copy and paste it in this window. Alas.


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Re: Desktop Icon for SSD
Ira L #60635 01/20/22 08:15 PM
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My successful experiment was conducted using a .tiff image.

I just tried again with a .png, and the icon changed, but not to the image I used, rather it was a generic .png icon.


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artie505 #60649 01/21/22 06:53 PM
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Just tried a .tif. Same unsuccessful result. Thanks, though.


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Ira L #60688 01/26/22 11:54 PM
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I use icons (copy / paste Info for external drives, including SSDs) that are .icns created (actually, conversions of jpegs or .png files) by an app called Image2Icon (on the Mac App Store or you can go here). ...Image2Icon allows you to save the created icon in several formats; so, it's very flexible.


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pbGuy #60694 01/27/22 06:05 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion, but for the $10 fee to export the image as a .icns I will look to software that I have that was able to do the same thing.


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Ira L #60699 01/27/22 11:20 PM
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Do a GetInfo on the volume and see. what your privileges are


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Re: Desktop Icon for SSD
joemikeb #60707 01/28/22 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by joemikeb
Do a GetInfo on the volume and see. what your privileges are

Yes, been there, done that. I have read/write privileges.

The only other "oddity" is that this SSD is used as a Carbon Copy Clone.

As I previously posted, this is a problem others have had with Catalina and Monterey OS's.


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