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macOS 26 says goodbye to the classic hard drive icon

macOS Tahoe quietly retires the old Mac drive icon in favor of a sleeker, SSD-inspired design.

A silver internal hard drive with arrow pointing to a sleek external hard drive featuring a logo, against a gradient blue to purple background.
Swapping out the Mac HD icon for a new SSD-inspired one

Tuesday’s developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26 brought a bit of sad news. The old Macintosh HD icon is getting replaced.

The old icon depicted an actual hard drive — it was a metal box that boasted screws, vents, and even a warning sticker. Impressive, considering Apple canned the practice of using hard drives over a decade ago.

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