Custom Storage Drive Icons

Macintosh HD Custom Icons

With a few quick clicks you can use custom icons on your USB Sticks/Drives, and change the Macintosh HD icon to represent the device you’re using. 

Navigate to 

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources

By pressing command ⌘ + shift⇧ + G, within a Finder window the ‘Go To’ pop up will appear copy and paste the above in and press enter.

Within this folder you’ll see a complete history of Apple models going back along way, mixed in with a some high quality system images. 

To add the icon to your drive of choice copy the icon to your desktop, then press the key combination of command⌘ +i or right click, selecting get info. 

Then drag and drop over the current icon to replace it. 

USB Drive Custom Icons

I don’t know about you but, I have loads of usb sticks and external hard drives lying around.

I thought it would be fun to make it easier to quickly visualise what device is plugged in.

The same steps works for USB drives too, and then follows it around from device to device great for quickly identifying drives or adding a little spice to the desktop. You can also customise SD cards, with a camera or action camera icon so you know where you’re pulling the data from, or which device it belongs too.

Works for network attached drives locations as well.