[X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop.

[W Lane]

On 06-Oct-11, at 10:06 AM, Brian Durant wrote:

> Hi Al,
>
> No, I understand all of that. What I am looking for is a desktop icon
> similar to the Finder sidebar ditto for my computer. If you have a
> standard folder pane, the upper section lists your computer, network,
> Mac HD and any other volumes that are mounted, depending on the prefs
> that are set in the Finder. I just find it irritating that I can't
> choose to (for example) have a computer icon on the desktop rather
> than a Mac HD icon and volume icons..

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.