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You can copy/paste ICNS, jpg, jpg2000, tiff, gif, PNG and PICT data as a custom icon.  Open an image file in Preview (for example), press Command-A, Command-C    Then select the file/folder/hard drive you want to set the custom icon on, select File->Get Info. Click on the icon in the upper left corner of the Info Window (it should show a little hallow around it), press Command-V. Poof... your done.

Changing an item's icon Click the volume, application, folder, or file whose icon you want to paste onto another item. From the  File  menu, choose  Get Info  or press Command-I to open the Get Info window. Click the icon in the upper-left corner of the Get Info window to select it. From the  Edit  menu, choose  Copy  or press Command-C. Select the volume, application, folder, or file whose icon you want to replace. From the  File  menu, choose  Get Info  or press Command-I. Click the icon in the upper-left corner. From the  Edit  menu, choose  Paste  or press Command-V to replace the icon

I ended up just Erasing the drive after copying the data off and the back.   <source> Empty and recreate an account's Trash The following procedure will "kill two birds with one stone." It will both: Empty the Trash of an affected account. Create a new ~/.Trash directory, with correct ownership and permissions, for that account. Perform the following steps in the order specified: 1. If the affected account is protected by FileVault, log in to the affected account, then switch to and log in to your Admin account via  Fast User Switching . Otherwise, log in to your Admin account. 2. Open Terminal, located in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder. 3. At the Terminal prompt, type one of the following commands: If the affected account is: Then type the Terminal command: Your Admin account: sudo rm -ri ~/.Trash Another user account: sudo rm -ri /Users/user_name/.Trash where  user_name  is the short name of the affected ...

item could not be synced. See iTunes for more information Within itunes, after selecting the specific device, click on the summary tab and choose the button labeled "reset warnings".  Re-sync device within Itunes.

iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder <source> Notes : To move the iTunes Media folder on a Windows PC, see this  article . If your iTunes library was originally created using iTunes 8 or earlier, the iTunes Media folder may be called "iTunes Music" instead. If your hard drive is nearly full after loading all your music and other media into iTunes, or if you just want to move all those music and media files to another hard drive on your system, here's a way to make the move while retaining all your playlists, ratings, and play history. First make sure that the "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" option is selected in iTunes Preferences: From the  iTunes  menu, choose  Preferences . In the resulting window, click the Advanced button. Select the "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" checkbox. Click OK. Once you've done that, follow the next set of steps to change your iTunes Media folder location to th...

Mac Basics: Change your desktop Maverick's To track them down, hit Command-Shift-G from your desktop to open the Finder's Go to Folder window. Next, enter this path: /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections/ Mountain Lion First off, the pictures that are displayed on your background are located within -  [mactintosh HD] - users - home directory - library - desktop pictures in order to get there you will need to hold down the option key on your keyboard and navigate to this location.   There is a couple of tricks along the way that you'll need to know.   open finder choose the button at the top of the screen that gives you a three column view.  if you highlight it, it will say " show items as icons ..." while holding down the option key, choose the mac mini (OS device) from the left navigation pain and then - macintosh hd (from the left third column) - library - desktop pictures copy paste the pictures you would like to add or de...