Having a new HDD prompted me to update the system icons. For this I used a couple of ready made icon sets: White Leopard 1.1 and Ive Drives 1.0. Both are high quality, free icon replacement sets. To change the system icons over I used a program called LiteIcon (OSX) that is a very simple, effective and free way to freshen up your computer.
Also, a productivity tip! If you're very forgetful (like me) and you tend to leave your thumb drive behind when you leave, just name it your mobile number. That way, if someone finds it they have a way of contacting you without needing to open up your (hopefully) password protected files. I've recovered mine at least three times with this method. (It's also why it's name is blurred out in the image above.)
Bytesplosion
Just installed a new terabyte drive in my MacPro—it was the easiest hard drive install I've ever done. Open Mac, pull out hard drive tray, swap drives, replace tray, close Mac. No cables. No fiddling. Those who know me understand my love of both puns and dinosaurs—I couldn't pass up to opportunity to combine the two...
Having a new HDD prompted me to update the system icons. For this I used a couple of ready made icon sets: White Leopard 1.1 and Ive Drives 1.0. Both are high quality, free icon replacement sets. To change the system icons over I used a program called LiteIcon (OSX) that is a very simple, effective and free way to freshen up your computer.
Also, a productivity tip! If you're very forgetful (like me) and you tend to leave your thumb drive behind when you leave, just name it your mobile number. That way, if someone finds it they have a way of contacting you without needing to open up your (hopefully) password protected files. I've recovered mine at least three times with this method. (It's also why it's name is blurred out in the image above.)
Having a new HDD prompted me to update the system icons. For this I used a couple of ready made icon sets: White Leopard 1.1 and Ive Drives 1.0. Both are high quality, free icon replacement sets. To change the system icons over I used a program called LiteIcon (OSX) that is a very simple, effective and free way to freshen up your computer.
Also, a productivity tip! If you're very forgetful (like me) and you tend to leave your thumb drive behind when you leave, just name it your mobile number. That way, if someone finds it they have a way of contacting you without needing to open up your (hopefully) password protected files. I've recovered mine at least three times with this method. (It's also why it's name is blurred out in the image above.)
