On May 31, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > On May 31, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> Note that this will not achieve what the OP wants, which is that a >> *specific* network-connected volume have a different icon in the sidebar. I >> don't think that is possible at all. > > > Ok, so this is one of those small challenges I like to call a "rainy day mind > twister:-)" > > I managed to find the icon, or at least where it resides: > System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ > > And after looking in there, found that the "system" on my imac attaches one > of these icons to "what it thinks" the machine is? Problem is, it's using the > generic icon and several of the macs on that list use the generic icon?.. hmm
No, the icon represents *what kind* of connection is seen: Disk Image, internal Disk, USB, FW, AFP mount, SMB mount, NFS mount, etc. The physical hardware and OS at the other end of the connection is not known, or even knowable, in fact by your mac. If I mount a Mac shared as a Windows share, it'll have the little BSOD icon in the sidebar. It'll show in the finder as a 'paper-cutout-people' network share. > > Another thought was, how to make the imac "see" the powermac G4 MDD in the > other room as what it actually is? is it something in sharing on the MDD that > needs to be "entered" chosen etc.? so that the imac in the other room can > identify it correctly? hmm.... the mystery goes on. You cannot do that; networking doesn't work like that. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
