ln -s /"Desktop Folder" ~/Desktop/"Desktop (Mac OS 9)"This will place an alias of your OS 9 desktop back on your new OS X desktop.
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As shipped, OS X includes an alias to the OS 9 desktop folder. However, it's relatively easy to accidentally delete, which makes finding the original OS 9 desktop a bit more problematic. An anonymous reader sent in an easy one-line fix in the terminal:
ln -s /"Desktop Folder" ~/Desktop/"Desktop (Mac OS 9)"This will place an alias of your OS 9 desktop back on your new OS X desktop.
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Possible to create a real alias too
If you want to do this without using the terminal and/or user a real alias instead of a symlink, try this:
Possible to create a real alias too
Dear rcabell,
Making desktop folder visible
I don't like the desktop folder on my desktop. Instead, I just like to have it visible on my hard drive. To achieve this effect, just open the ".hidden" file in a text editor (if you have BBEdit with command line tools installed, use "bbedit /.hidden" or change the path if your Desktop Folder for OS 9 is on a different partition, the .hidden needs to be on the same root level) and delete the line that says "Desktop Folder"
Synchronize the Desktop Folders
I hated the idea of having two desktop folders, so I syncronized them when I first installed OS X by doing the following: |
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