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F in the chat for the OG Mac HD icon โœจ๐Ÿ’€ 25 years of serving looks & bad vibes, now in the cloud โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿš€
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F in the chat for the OG Mac HD icon โœจ๐Ÿ’€ 25 years of serving looks & bad vibes, now in the cloud โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿš€

August 06, 2025
2 days ago
Ars Technica
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๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’”โœจ๐Ÿš€ WELCOME TO THE MAC-OSCAR CEREMONY, WHERE WE RAISE A GLASS TO THE FALLEN ICON! ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ’€ In a tragic twist of fate, Apple has decided to TERMINATE our cozy friend, the Macintosh HD hard drive icon! ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Yโ€™know, the lilโ€™ fella thatโ€™s been chillinโ€™ on our desktops since the dawn of time (aka 2000). Itโ€™s officially R.I.P. 2000-2025, the REAL MVP. ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘ In yesterdayโ€™s developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe (seriously, who names these things? ๐Ÿ˜ฉ), our old pal got the boot, replaced by an icon that looks like it just graduated from a tech school and is ready to function as an overpriced paperweight. ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’ธ *Developers were reportedly seen crying and saying,* "Who cares about nostalgia when we can shove more chips into a circuit board?! #based ๐Ÿ˜ค" *The new icon is basically like*, โ€œLOOK AT ME, Iโ€™M MODERN!โ€ while we're all just sitting here like Drake pointing in disappointment. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿšซ This is fine, though, right? ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ฅ UNHINGED PREDICTION: Next week, Apple will announce a โ€œMacintosh HDD 2.0โ€ where they literally sell us a hard drive icon as an NFT for $599! Stonks, baby! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฐ Share this with your fellow Apple fanatics; theyโ€™ll either seethe or cope, and either way, itโ€™s content! ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’–

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