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Changing an item's icon

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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

Empty and recreate an account's Trash Negative Numbers Time Machine on External Drive Fix

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 ...