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Now repeat the steps of this article and see if it works. This forces macOS to redetermine the needed icon. (in essence: follow the steps of this article, but instead of dragging a file on it, or pasting a screenshot, we use backspace to clear it) Select the file, press COMMAND + i, select the icon, press backspace, close the “Info” window and wait a few seconds. In that case a reboot may be helpful to rebuild the icon cache.ģ) I did find another option, that seems to work for some users:

I just tested these exact steps again under Catalina (macOS 10.15.5), and it still works.ġ) You probably did, but I have to ask any way: did you follow all the steps to a tee?Ģ) If the original file is a PNG image, then your Mac appears to be showing generic icons (the “PNG”) text. Hmm, that’s interesting (and a little annoying) … since I cannot reproduce this, I’ll have to do a few guessed … As you can see the name of the shortcut (due to it’s length) is not helping much either. It will use this icon for ALL web/url shortcuts you want to make … making it less obvious and less distinguishable when you have a few on your desktop. You’ll notice that the Mac automatically uses a default HTTP” icon. This being the main reason why I’m not using the usual bookmark mechanism of my browser. Just a reminder for me to look at in the next few days after which I might delete it again. I my example, I want to save a shortcut on my desktop of a website that has my dream car for sale. However I wish Apple would use a FavIcon automatically as seen on for example iOS. The following trick seems a little cumbersome, but once you get used to it, it’s not that bad. It’s boring, it doesn’t utilize the so called FavIcon and … well it makes it more difficult to distinguish the shortcut on your desktop in case you have multiple … so how are we going to change this icon? Right-click, Copy and Paste to your DesktopĪdd Google Drive shortcut to Desktop Method #2 (My Drive OR Shared Drives):ĥ.I don’t particularly like the default HTTP” Internet shortcut utilized by MacOS. On your keyboard, simultaneously press Shift+Command+Hģ.

An example would be Team Drives.Īdd Google Drive shortcut to Desktop Method #1 (My Drive & Shared Drives):Ģ. Shared Drives are drives that other people have shared with you. My Drive is your Google Drive that contains files and folders you have uploaded or created.

What is the difference between My Drive and Shared Drives? If you would like to add a direct My Drive OR Shared Drives shortcut to your Desktop, follow method #2. If your Desktop Google Drive shortcut has disappeared or you would like to add a shortcut pointing to the Google Drive folder that contains both My Drive and Shared Drives, you can follow either of the two methods below. Please read the following options to determine what method suits your situation the best: