[X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop.

[Mike]

That's easy- you can access a disk, application, file, or folder from  
another folder or the desktop by creating an alias to it.
In the Finder, open a window showing the item.
Choose File > Make Alias.
If you want, move the alias to a more convenient location.
To create an alias for an item and relocate it in one step, press and  
hold the Command and Option keys while you drag the item's icon to  
another folder or to the desktop. Be sure to release the mouse before  
releasing the Command and Option keys.

If you want to find the original item of an alias, select the alias  
and choose File > Show Original.


On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Brian Durant wrote:

> Sorry, not a custom icon, but a real icon. An icon that takes me to
> the same place from the desktop as happens when I click on the
> computer icon in the Finder sidepanel. I'm not looking for eye candy,
> but rather an alternative way to navigate through the file system than
> is provided with the HD icon. The advantage being that I only have to
> have one icon for my file system on the desktop and with that I can
> navigate to any other attached/mounted volumes that I choose, without
> having the icons spread all over my desktop.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian.
>
> On 10/11/06, W Lane <wilann at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
>> Ah, a custom icon is what you're looking for. Find the 'icon of
>> choice' (there's tons of sites that offer them for free), download
>> the icon, do a Get Info on it, copy the image from that window, then
>> do Get Info on your HD and paste the chosen icon in.  Done.
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