Finder Sidebar icons for SSDs shows wrong icon

I am running Tahoe for my MacOS. In the Finder Sidebar, the icons for my external SSDs are appearing as Hookmark icons rather than a SSD icon. How do I fix this?

Mac mini, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 25, 2025 9:45 AM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2025 12:53 PM


Hookmark is an app that is installed on my computer. The only way to get rid of the Hookmark icons is to go to System Settings > Extensions > Hookmark, and then click the "i" button (information). Then turn off "File Provider" and then relaunch the Finder. As you can see from the screenshot below, turning off the File Provider disables the ability to "see local files and remote storage files in one view in Finder." It's not the end of the world by disabling that, but it would be nice if I didn't have to disable the Finder Provider feature in Hookmark.


I realize I can also hide the icons of the SSDs in the sidebar, but again, that's not really fixing the root problem.


You asked if this affects performance in any way. No, it doesn't; it's just a little bit of a nuisance.



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Finder Sidebar icons for SSDs shows wrong icon

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