My USB Icon Changed

time machine backup HD change like that,...I must have seen that change a 100 times. 😉

The software accompanying the device has incorporated an element which changes it's default finder icon. It is nothing to worry about.

I'd worry more about the fact you are using a Western Digital drive for anything! Hopefully you have a backup.

Too many posts on this problem,..(and heard too many times over the years) so,...hence:

Why your dead external hard drive is likely just fine! Great hope for your faulty external hard drive

*this does not imply the original poster has a HD issue.

Bookmarked!😎

The same one PlotinusVeritas initially suggested to me:

Amazon.com: Toshiba Canvio Connect 2TB Portable Hard Drive ...