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macOS Tahoe Beta 5 Replaces Hard Drive Icons With SSD-Style Graphics

The fifth developer beta completes a system-wide storage icon overhaul with modern SSD-style graphics for internal storage, refreshed external drives, network shares, disk images.

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Comparison of the old and new Macintosh HD icons in macOS Tahoe.
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macOS Tahoe swaps Mac HD icon for SSD

Overview

  • Developer beta 5 replaces the two-decade-old Macintosh HD icon with a sleek SSD-style design reflecting Apple’s all-solid-state Mac lineup.
  • The update also refreshes icons for external drives, network shares, disk images, introducing a unified SSD motif across Finder, Disk Utility, installer apps.
  • Earlier macOS Tahoe betas introduced a redesigned Disk Utility, a reversed Finder icon color scheme restored after user backlash, highlighting community attachment.
  • The original hard drive graphic debuted with Mac OS X Cheetah in 2000 and persisted through major overhauls, including Apple Silicon-era Big Sur, until this beta cycle.
  • The beta-driven process guides these visual shifts ahead of macOS Tahoe’s public release, allowing Apple to refine its Liquid Glass interface via developer feedback.