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Click once on the icon next to the name, and you will see a boxappear around the icon, like so:Now you need to copy this icon to the Clipboard by going to theEdit menu and selecting Copy. You can also use the keyboard command,Command-C. Close the Get Info window for the icon, andopen the Get Info window for the hard drive you want to use thecustom icon on.Once that window is open, click once on thehard drive’s icon, so you see the box around it,just as you did above. Here, you will use thePaste command from the Finder’s Edit menu,or Command-V on your keyboard. This willpaste the custom icon from the Clipboardonto the hard drive, and should look like thiswhen you’re done:Close this window, and you’re done!Congratulations, you’ve customized a harddrive with its own unique icon. This processwill also work for folders, applications, andother files. It is recommended, however, thatyou not perform this action on your SystemFolder. You can change the icons within theSystem Folder, as well as that of the System Folder itself, but it is best to get your feet wet performingthese actions on folders and files that are not so necessary to your Mac’s continuedsurvival.Different Strokes, Different FolksThere are alternative utilities available that can automate the above process. My personalfavorite is a freeware contextual menu plug-in from Hide Itoh called, simply enough, FinderIcon 1 . Using Finder Icon, which requires Mac OS 8 or newer, you can simply control-click1. http://www.pixture.com/mac-fic.htmlATPM 6.04 ← 24 →Columns: The Icons, They Are A-Changin’
on the icon you wish to use, select Copy from the Finder Icon sub-menu, then control-clickon the item you wish to use the icon with and select Paste.As you can see, you can even use the Clear Custom Icon command to revert to the item’soriginal icon! Finder Icon is mailware, which means the utility is free to use, providing youlet Hide hear your comments regarding it. So if you download and use Finder Icon, let Hideknow how much you appreciate his providing this great utility!iControl, uControl, With This Utility We All ControlNot only do the guys at the Iconfactory 2 turn out some kick-butt icons for you to use onyour Macintosh, they code some pretty cool software as well. IconDropper 3 , their first utility,facilitates drag-and-drop icon control. They followed this up with their icon buildingutility, a Photoshop plug-in named, appropriately enough, IconBuilder 4 .Their current tour de force, however, is iControl 5 (reviewed in this issue). With iControl,you can easily change all of your System icons in one go, even the Trash can, or alternativelymix and match System icons as you please. One click reverts them all to their original conditions.It even works with Kaleidoscope to give your desktop interface the look you’ve alwaysdreamed of. Combined with IconDropper, iControl lets you change any icon on your entiresystem.2. http://www.iconfactory.com3. http://www.iconfactory.com/id_home.asp4. http://www.iconfactory.com/ib_home.asp5. http://www.iconfactory.com/ic_home.aspATPM 6.04 ← 25 →Columns: The Icons, They Are A-Changin’
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