Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!

Add custom icon to digital cameras System
I was trying to find a way to use a custom digital camera icon to replace the generic USB icon that shows when I connect my camera. I first downloaded an icon for my camera (xicons is a good place to start) and changed the default white USB icon to my custom camera icon. After ejecting the camera, however, the custom icon would not return.

So I decided to copy that icon to my camera's memory card instead. When I used the icon from the memory card, the custom icon now "sticks," even after ejecting the card. I created a folder on the root of the memory card called ICON, and applied the custom icon to that folder, but anywhere on the root should be fine and the icon will not be deleted when originals are deleted within iPhoto.

Now, when I plug in my digital camera, I am greeted with a nice icon of my Coolpix, instead of that bland white one. Hope this helps others who are trying to achieve the same result. If you need help setting custom icons, this tutorial at xicons will help.

    •    
  • Currently 2.33 / 5
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  (3 votes cast)
 
[4,263 views]  

Add custom icon to digital cameras | 4 comments | Create New Account
Click here to return to the 'Add custom icon to digital cameras' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
I could not get this to work.
Authored by: porkchop_d_clown on Dec 22, '03 09:44:45PM

Whenever I try to set the icon for my CF cards, I just get an error about illegal characters in file names.

---
Everyone loves a clown, but no one will lend him money!



[ Reply to This | # ]
Add custom icon to digital cameras
Authored by: surfgeek on Dec 23, '03 10:30:12AM

This is such a COOOL hint. I love it... Now my lovely Fuji S5000 mounts instead of the boring white drive icon.



[ Reply to This | # ]
What kind of cards does your camera use?
Authored by: porkchop_d_clown on Dec 23, '03 10:40:43PM

I wonder if my CF cards are FAT16 and that's why this doesn't work for me.

---
Everyone loves a clown, but no one will lend him money!



[ Reply to This | # ]
Add custom icon to digital cameras
Authored by: zedwards on Dec 27, '03 10:23:49PM

Soooo much better than the boring generic icon. Unfortunately, I was not able to get this to work accross different computers though.



[ Reply to This | # ]