Hard Drive Icons Mac

I just updated my macOS Big Sure Developer Beta to version 6. It all works just fine still retaining snappy response times for all things. After the installation I noticed the icons for hard drives had changed. Maybe this had occurred in a previous Beta, but I just noticed it today. Here is what the hard drive icons look like in Big Sur.

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As previously mentioned, the Big Sur interface has been iOSified. That has bled over onto the hard drive icons. Here is what hard drives look like in Big Sur:

The External hard drive icons have changed to a more rounded 3D look. The Internal hard drive icon has a more detailed look as well. Here is another example:

The new rounded look is very noticeable. I really like it.

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This is no great epiphany. I just wanted to mention it as part of the new look and feel of macOS Big Sur.