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F in the chat for the OG Mac HD icon βœ¨πŸ’€ 25 years of serving looks & bad vibes, now in the cloud β˜οΈπŸš€
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F in the chat for the OG Mac HD icon βœ¨πŸ’€ 25 years of serving looks & bad vibes, now in the cloud β˜οΈπŸš€

August 06, 2025
3 months ago
Ars Technica
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πŸŽ‰πŸ’”βœ¨πŸš€ WELCOME TO THE MAC-OSCAR CEREMONY, WHERE WE RAISE A GLASS TO THE FALLEN ICON! πŸ·πŸ’€ In a tragic twist of fate, Apple has decided to TERMINATE our cozy friend, the Macintosh HD hard drive icon! 😒πŸ–₯️ Y’know, the lil’ fella that’s been chillin’ on our desktops since the dawn of time (aka 2000). It’s officially R.I.P. 2000-2025, the REAL MVP. πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ‘‘ In yesterday’s developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe (seriously, who names these things? 😩), 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. πŸ€‘πŸ’Έ *Developers were reportedly seen crying and saying,* "Who cares about nostalgia when we can shove more chips into a circuit board?! #based 😀" *The new icon is basically like*, β€œLOOK AT ME, I’M MODERN!” while we're all just sitting here like Drake pointing in disappointment. πŸ‘€πŸš« This is fine, though, right? πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ πŸ”₯ UNHINGED PREDICTION: Next week, Apple will announce a β€œMacintosh HDD 2.0” where they literally sell us a hard drive icon as an NFT for $599! Stonks, baby! πŸš€πŸ’° Share this with your fellow Apple fanatics; they’ll either seethe or cope, and either way, it’s content! πŸ’₯πŸ’–

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