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Architecture: 68k PPC
Mac OS 8 And 9 Hard Drive Icons
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Download mac_os_hd_icons.sit
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For Mac OS 8 - 8.1
For Mac OS 8 - 8.1
Basilisk II and SheepShaver default to the 2D Mac OS 7 style hard drive icon even when running OS 8 and 9, so for anyone who wants the the standard OS 8.0-8.1 and 8.5-9.0 icons they are packaged in .sit in this download. Just simply extract with Stuffit Expander 5.5, select these icons, select Get Info from the File menu, select the icon and click copy from the Edit menu, then select the drive you want to change the icon of, select Get Info from the file menu, click the icon and click Paste from the Edit menu.
If you can't copy the icons into the Get Info window, read the comment below by MikeTomTom
CompatibilityArchitecture: 68k PPC
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Ok, I did not test that with SheepShaver.
@Euryale:
The issue with clipboard and icons is only with SheepShaver running on Windows OS's, I think. I'm not aware that other host OS's have this problem, AFAIK.
I had no problem whatsoever changing the icons in Basilisk
I never changed icons before, then I realized that just by clicking on the HD icon in the INFO panel
and paste it from the clipboard could change it (cut and paste)
For all of you , about the Clipboard bug , I know how to fix it . The text you are viewing(the one that cannot be cleared) are in the Windows clipboard and will not be overwritten . You can restart , but I have CCleaner , and CCleaner cleans the Windows Clipboard , thus enabling it . I found this quite a long time ago...
Yep!,
The original 2D icons are pretty lame.
these are much better.
The default volume icons are stored in the driver part in the Apple Partition Map on a real System. However, BII/SS emulate disk images as large floppies so the icon must be stored somewhere within the source code.
The clipboard integration feature of SS Windows is more troublesome than useful. I always disable it along with the host disk access feature.
This is a little tricky to use this but I found a way.
1. Open the folder with the two icons in SS session (hint: these are folders not pictures)
2. Highlight the one you want to use
3. Right click or control click to get info
4. Click on the icon in the upper left of get info window
5. Menu --> edit --> copy
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for the hard drive icon on the mac desktop you want to replace
6. Menu --> edit --> paste
Done.
@Protocol 7:
This [bug|feature] of the Windows port of Sheepshaver has become even more interesting to me
Not only does SS grab the Windows clipboard if there is text in the clipboard but it also passes copied text from the Mac OS side into the Windows clipboard the very moment you select a block of text in a document and copy it to the Mac's clipboard while in a SS session!
You can then copy some other object, say a PICT screenshot and you can paste it into Scrapbook, thats OK, the screenshot pastes into the Scrapbook. But if you choose "Show Clipboard" - the text you copied before has come back. Courtesy of SS sending the text block you copied earlier over into the Windows clipboard (and grabbing it back again. I.E; You can momentarily replace the Mac's clipboard by copying some other object but SS immediately replaces it with any text in the Windows clipboard regardless of origin.
Try: Select some PICT and copy it the clipboard. Open some graphics program such as a ClarisWorks/AppleWorks Draw module and paste in the PICT you just copied. Hello that %$@$$#! Text block you'd copied earlier gets pasted in, instead.
The only successful workaround that I have managed to come up with here, is to get back into Windows, Go "Start" menu, choose "Run..." type "Clipbrd" and [Enter] to invoke the Windows ClipBook Manager, then type "Del" key to delete the contents from the Windows clipboard. Then go back to the Mac session. This properly clears any text content and you can then copy and paste graphic items on the Mac side.
What to avoid and workarounds:
Clear any text content from the Windows clipboard before you begin a Mac session in Sheepshaver via the Windows ClipBook Manager.
While in a Mac session be wary of copying any text items if you intend using the clipboard for anything other than text.
A workaround for copying text & graphics during a Sheepshaver session (Windows port): Make use of drag & drop clipping files and avoid using the Clipboard altogether.
[Perhaps this needs to go to a "Hints & Tips for Sheepshaver on Windows" section?]
Great work MikeTomTom! It seems certain clipboard contents in Windows prevents me from pasting the custom icon. If I copy a text string in Windows, I can't paste a custom icon. But if I copy a file, I can. So you don't need to reboot Windows or close SheepShaver to fix the clipboard, just copy a file to it.
@MikeTomTom: I had that problem with Basilisk II and SheepShaver, back when I was still on a Vista machine.
@IIGS_User: I changed the description for you.
Thank you for taking the effort, I missed to do it right now. - IIGS User
@Protocol 7:
[Solved] I believe
After my last post I went back to Sheepshaver and found that I could no longer copy and paste custom icons. I looked at the clipboard and noticed that instead of an icon being there, there was text that I'd copied to the Windows clipboard. Sheepshaver cannot clear it, and this must be the cause of the bug. Why it should get the contents of the Windows clipboard I can't understand (I don't enable drive sharing between SS and the host PC).
Anyhow. Quitting Sheepshaver and then rebooting Windows (clearing the Win clipboard) I am able to start Sheepshaver and copy and paste custom icons to my hearts content. It appears that if the Windows clipboard has been used you cannot use the Mac's clipboard properly.
Perhaps you can try this to confirm?
@Protocol 7: Sounds to me like we both are using the same version of Sheepshaver, OW ROM and Mac OS's here. Odd that its working for me right now. Ah well, I can't complain about it
It hasn't worked for me since I started using Sheepshaver. I'm using an old version here (14 May 2006) and tried with a recent one (30 August 2010) and neither would let me paste in 8.6. It's not a big deal. Kinda got used to it.
Maybe it's because I'm using an old world rom as I use the same config for 8.6 and 7.6 and had issues if I used a new world one.
@Protocol 7: It does work for me, with Mac OS 8.6 Sheepshaver on XP. I haven't updated my SS in a while, it's v2.3, a 2006 snapshot (yeeks - that old). I'm also using an "Old World" Rom. Anyway, no problem pasting custom icons here... 'tho I do vaguely recall having problems with custom icons at some stage... When using "New World" Rom and Mac OS 9.0.4 perhaps? I just can't seem to recreate the error right now. Damn thing just works
This doesn't work with Sheepshaver (on Windows at least). There's no option to paste the new drive icon. It's a long-standing bug.
Who? Reads like the admin of this site packed them, which isn't true.