Internal storage is too nerdy. For such a prominent basic part of the OS, Macintosh HD is actually a fairly technical name. Its a very old legacy.
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I would say that it looks like they had an unpaid high school intern design it...but honestly, I wouldn't insult high school interns like that.
The best camera review person around by a lot, Thom Hogan, calls it "moving the cheese" when a manufacturer moves buttons or dials on a camera. Moving the cheese is generally a bad thing for photo UI because it at least temporarily reduces the efficiency of photogs who shoot tens of thousands of pix and then are forced to change how they do it.
Apple with its OSs needs to be hella careful when moving the cheese [I arbitrarily include changes to icons that are meaningful to operation] because it at least temporarily reduces the efficiency of all users. Moving the cheese should not be done just because some manager thinks it is time for a change. Moving the cheese should only be done for a very good UI reason.
Apple with its OSs needs to be hella careful when moving the cheese [I arbitrarily include changes to icons that are meaningful to operation] because it at least temporarily reduces the efficiency of all users. Moving the cheese should not be done just because some manager thinks it is time for a change. Moving the cheese should only be done for a very good UI reason.
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No. Computers can have more than one drive, even more than one type of drive, internal. But the boot drive is special.
The OCD in me is ever so slightly agitated that the angles of the two drive icons are different. 🤨
Moving the cheese... I like that. And agree. Moving the cheese just because, is weak. There better be some damn-good justification for cheese relocation.
Too much change for me. I will change it back to how its been since I started using Mac‘s in 2001
This is horrible, but what’s more horrible is that stupid Finder redesign! Why they think having that left panel be ABOVE what you have on the right is beyond me.
I already miss the old one, the new one looks so tacky.
If Apple truly wants to reflect their modern storage icon, they should use: 💸, or 💰
In fact, go even more self reflective and use:
With a sound of Tim Apple saying “Ching Ching” when you open it.
In fact, go even more self reflective and use:
With a sound of Tim Apple saying “Ching Ching” when you open it.
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The icon does (did?) need an update but the new one is ugly.
What happened to the one great graphic design of Apple?
Just like the device design, Apple has lost all of its design ways.
What happened to the one great graphic design of Apple?
Just like the device design, Apple has lost all of its design ways.
As others have said, the perspective is all wrong making it look like an amateur graphic design job. Thankfully though, unless something changes in 26 we can switch to a custom icon of our own choosing!
Just remember to export all the icons before you upgrade.
The simple perspective makes zero sense. Look how the front with the IO (what are the three holes?!) is at the same angle as the old one almost, but the top is much more upright, unless the front side is angled it makes zero sense on the face of it.
Goes from resembling an HDD… to resembling an external SSD in an enclosure?