If the drive can't be saved you'll need to reformat it and install a fresh copy of OS.

Don't use the onboard recovery services diagnostics as it can't alter the deeper levels of the drive. How to change folder icon on Mac Right-click on a folder and select Get Info Drag and drop an icon from the mac folder (.icns) on the icon preview located. OK, You now have the bootable drive Boot up with it and then run Disk Utility from it. I might add if you have a SATA SSD drive I would recommend you stick with MacOS Sierra as Apple's new APFS has issues with SATA based SSD's (remember High Sierra forces you to upgrade to APFS) There are only three simple steps to changing your folder icon to any of your favorite images.

Make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window (not the large icon under Preview). Now you already have a new look for your folder icon. Once you have, your folder icon will now change to the image you pasted earlier. Follow this guide: How to create a bootable macOS High Sierra installer drive At the top of the Info window, select the small custom icon. Right-click a folder > select Properties > Customize > Change icon > choose from the available icons > and click OK to apply your choice. Point your cursor and click on the folder image at the top left corner of the folder info panel you open earlier, then press Cmd + V to paste the image. A bootable OS installer drive will also work as you may need to re-install a fresh OS. In changing the icon for your MacBook folder, the first step is to copy the icon file and select the folder you want to change by clicking File>. Next create if you don't have one an external bootable drive a USB thumb drive will work. Sadly I suspect your drive has some issues!įirst make a proper backup using TimeMachine (we don't want a image clone). In OS-X & MacOS there is no means to rebuild the icon to file association as the data file is now one structure. In the older OS9 we often needed to rebuild the desktop as the data structure between the icon & application/data file ID would get messed up as they where held in different structures.

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