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I re-installed Google Drive for my mac (OSX Yosemite 10.10.5) and the icon has since disappeared from the favorites bar in the finder. However, the icon shows up in the more info section. What is going on here?
Here is the view of the Favorites bar in Finder.
And here is the more info view that shows the icon.
I had this problem and the following seems to have resolved it. I'm not sure if steps 2 and 3 are both required so you can try one and then the other if you prefer.
Clear your icon cache:
sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;
Clear your caches:
sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/*
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/*
Restart
These are two different icons:
They are both downloaded from the site but can be different.
For example IMDB specifies
From the comments: you can add a clip following these instructions:
To create a webclip, go to the site you want and tap the box-and-arrow icon used to create bookmarks. In the menu that pops up, tap the Add to Home Screen option. Edit the name of the webclip and tap Add. You'll then be taken to your home screen and shown the webclip. Tap it to go to that site.
Best Answer
This's actually by design since macOS has stopped showing custom icons in recent versions of the OS.
My Google Drive icon is also a generic icon, others too:
If you want to display the Google Drive icon, it wouldn't be possible without third-party software.
Extra: Dropbox uses a "hack" to show its icon in the sidebar as seen in this question, How come Dropbox gets an icon in Finder sidebar?.