Cheap and RAM-frugal desktop hiding

Apr 12, '07 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I don't like the distraction that comes with having a lot of stuff on the desktop There are lots of apps out there to hide the desktop, but some of them consume about 40MB of memory just to hide the desktop. So here's my easy, free, and RAM-conserving solution:

In the Finder, create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive. Size it to fill the screen, set the view to Icons, set the View Options to use a background color of your choice, and hide the toolbar. Close the folder. Now, whenever you need the background hidden, just open your maximized folder.

[robg adds: I use either Backdrop or Desktop Cutain to hide the desktop -- they take anywhere from 10MB to 20MB of real RAM. I used to use the folder method, but found that I wanted the added features of the application solution (it's simpler to toggle between colors and images; set the level at which the hiding occurs; etc.). To me, that's worth the 15MB or so of real RAM it requires.]

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