Mac Product Icon locations

Hello,

Here is an issue that bugs me from time to time with Mac computers.  I often want to change the icon of my hard disk to look like the product I am using (my Macbook Pro or iMac), but can never find the location of the icons to use.

Thankfully, this thread has come to my rescue, and pointed to the following location:

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

However, a little trickery is required to set the HDD icon to the images found in the relevant .icns file, as the standard copy and paste trick does not seem to work.  Each volume has a .VolumeIcon.icns file that one needs to replace with the chosen .icns file from the above location.  To use the icon found in the above location, open up a terminal and follow these instructions:

1. Copy the icon from the above location to your desktop, this can be done via finder or via command line.
2. Make a backup of .VolumeIcon.icns by using the following command: "cp /Volumes/VOLUME_NAME/.VolumeIcon.icns VolumeIcon.icns.backup" replacing VOLUME_NAME with the name of your volume.
3. Copy your shiny product icon over the volume icon using the following command: "cp Desktop/PATH_TO_SHINY_ICON /Volumes/VOLUME_NAME/.VolumeIcon.icns" making the obvious substitutions.
4. Reboot to make sure icon actually shows up in Finder, restarting finder may also have desired effect.

You can go ahead and delete any temporary files used if the method is successful.

Hope this helps someone!