Custom Icon for NTFS volumes on OS X
11/02/07 01:30 Filed in: Apple
1. Format a USB stick with a FAT file system (you can
use any volume really, but it needs to be FAT).
2. In Mac OS X, set a custom volume icon using the Finder's "More info" window or any tool of your choice.
3. Open a Terminal window, enter "cd /Volumes" and "ls -la". You'll see a file listed that has the same name as the FAT volume, but with a "._" prepended. For example, "._USBSTICK". Copy that file to the equivalent name for the Windows XP NTFS partition, e.g. "cp ._USBSTICK ._WinXP".
4. Transfer the ".VolumeIcon.icns" file created on the FAT file system to the root of the NTFS partition, using Windows.
With both pieces in place, OS X shows the volume icon on the NTFS partition.
2. In Mac OS X, set a custom volume icon using the Finder's "More info" window or any tool of your choice.
3. Open a Terminal window, enter "cd /Volumes" and "ls -la". You'll see a file listed that has the same name as the FAT volume, but with a "._" prepended. For example, "._USBSTICK". Copy that file to the equivalent name for the Windows XP NTFS partition, e.g. "cp ._USBSTICK ._WinXP".
4. Transfer the ".VolumeIcon.icns" file created on the FAT file system to the root of the NTFS partition, using Windows.
With both pieces in place, OS X shows the volume icon on the NTFS partition.
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