As stated in the thread title already, I'm looking for the default hard drive icon.icns file in macOS Sierra. In earlier versions of OS X, it was along. Use a custom hard drive icon. You can also change the icon that represents a specific hard drive: 1. Connect the hard drive to your Mac. Open a Finder window and navigate to the image you want to use as your new icon. Control-click the image in question and select “Open with - Preview.” 4. Open the folder with the two icons in SS session (hint: these are folders not pictures) 2. Highlight the one you want to use 3. Right click or control click to get info 4. Click on the icon in the upper left of get info window 5. Menu - edit - copy 5. Repeat steps 2-4 for the hard drive icon on the mac desktop you want to replace 6.
Nicole writes: I just got a new MacBook Air and really like it; however, the Macintosh HD icon is missing from the desktop. How do I set that up?
Hi Nicole! Congrats on the new Mac, but yes, I can see how it might be a bit odd that there’s no hard drive icon sitting on your desktop.
- Apple apparently thinks that you’d prefer not to see the icons for your Mac’s built-in hard drive, solid-state drive, or those of any external drives on the desktop of macOS. However, I want those icons on my desktop. If you’re like me, here’s how to make them show up. Click on the desktop so the Finder is “active.”.
- Click to download Drive, Hard, Mac icon from Mac Iconset by Artua.com.
Now, one way to deal with a missing Macintosh HD icon is to simply select New Finder Window from the Finder’s File menu at the top of the screen; doing so will open a new window that’ll allow you to dig into any volume accessible from your Mac, including your hard drive.
No “Macintosh HD” icon on your Mac desktop? Make sure the “Hard disks” box is checked in the Finder Preferences window.
Hard Drive Icon Macbook Pro
That said, I totally get why you’d want the missing Macintosh HD icon back on your desktop. Here’s how to do it.
- Click the Finder’s File menu at the top of the screen (just click the bare desktop if you don’t see the word “Finder” next to the Apple menu), then select Finder Preferences and click the General tab.
- You should now see a list of all the items that will show up on your desktop. Go ahead and check the box next to “Hard disks.”
Now, go back and check your desktop. You should see the missing Macintosh HD icon sitting right there, right where it should be.
Hope that helps, Nicole. Still have questions? Let me know!
Hard Drive Icons For Mac
Bonus tip
Macintosh Hard Drive Icons
Click the Sidebar tab in the Finder Preferences window to pick and choose which items appear in the sidebar of any Finder window. Among the choices: “All My Files,” Applications, your hard drives, and Downloads.