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If you're like me, you try to put most of your documents in their rightful place, the Documents folder. This means navigating to it in every single save dialog. Even though I have it as a Favorite, I would prefer to have a keyboard shortcut to jump to it. Unfortunately, Command-D is for the Desktop.

If you put your Desktop folder inside your Documents folder and then make an alias pointing to it (also named "Desktop") in your Home directory, hitting Command-D while in open/save dialog puts you right INSIDE your Documents folder. This has been a great time saver for me. Especially since I've been pressing Command-D in open/save dialogs for as long as I can remember.

There's also handy little menu extra called Deviant that will map your desktop folder to an alternate folder of your choice. The alias route was my choice since I only wanted this one option and don't need yet another extra in the menu bar.

[robg adds: I haven't tried this myself yet, but I'm not aware of any downsides to arranging things in this manner ... although I'm not sure what would happen if you then put an alias of your Documents folder on your desktop!]
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Store your Desktop in your Documents folder
Authored by: zeb on Feb 18, '03 10:56:13AM
Default Folder X has a nice feature that allows you to assign a hotkey to any "Favorite" folder you like... It is, however, one of those not-so-cheap sharewares.

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Store your Desktop in your Documents folder
Authored by: fooljay on Feb 18, '03 12:32:25PM

But it is oh-so-worth it. I don't know what I'd do without it. I just paid last night.



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Store your Desktop in your Documents folder
Authored by: rickg17 on Feb 18, '03 12:48:35PM

If, for whatever reason, you don't want to do this remember that you can press Cmd+Shift+H and get to your home folder and then right into your Documents folder. Not as convenient, but it cuts down on messing around in the dialogs...



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Desktop in your Documents
Authored by: tomem on Feb 18, '03 07:29:02PM

Pretty cool! We should be able to put the Desktop folder wherever we
want it, but I'm generally pleased that it finally is a non-hidden folder
that can be displayed however we want it to be, and especially, can be
backed up! My own preference is to have it on the dock as a big icon
view window where I can arrange things as I like, and always be able to
see them by bringing it to the top. I call it a "self-clearing desktop or
deskpad", and with OS X, we can have a picture backdrop or a pattern
for better contrast, as we choose. Plus, there is a toolbar for filing
purposes when we want it that way.

Now the only question is why one would want to use the classic
desktop any more. With desktop files in a Finder window, why have
those icons mucking up whatever desktop picture is in place? How about
an option to turn off file/folder display just like we can turn off disks and
servers? Then we could go either the OS 9 way or the OS X way, at our
choice.

Long live Mac OS!

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TomEM
Crofton, MD



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Store your Desktop in your Documents folder
Authored by: eno on Feb 20, '03 01:44:53AM

This has to be the dumbest hint I've ever read, here or anywhere.



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And that's because??
Authored by: robg on Feb 22, '03 06:48:14PM

What makes it the dumbest hint you've ever read anywhere? The fact that it's not useful to you? I personally doubt I'll ever use it, but that doesn't make it a dumb hint. If it saves someone some time and they like the functionality it adds, then it's hardly dumb...

-rob.



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