Missing icons on upper left corner on get info! help!

[LApple24]

Ok so I'm new to this forum, so any help is appreciated. I wanted to change the icon for my HD on the desktop but when I did the get info for the image i wanted to use it wouldnt work. The upper left corner simply shows a jpeg logo image on all my photos! so it wont let me change the icon. I don't know why they are missing. I got a new hard drive 2 days ago from the Apple store because they told me it was faulty. Please help, thanks.

 

[petemwah]

you need to open the image in preview and then copy that to the get info box for the hard disk.

 

[LApple24]

i did open it with preview and it wont let me copy

 

[petemwah]

push OPTION + A before copying, that way you select the whole image.

 

[LApple24]

ok that let me change it, thanks. still dont know why the icons are missing on the upper left of on the get info though..

 

[BlueRevolution]

Because what you're seeing in Finder is a preview of the image, not its icon. It is still using the default JPEG file icon.

 

[LApple24]

ok i understand. thanks.