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Cheap and RAM-frugal desktop hiding
Authored by: boredzo on Apr 12, '07 01:34:47PM

The most RAM-frugal method for this that I know of is to quit the Finder outright. Then you have only your desktop picture, not the icons on the desktop. (Obviously, this won't work so well if you plan on using the Finder while your desktop icons are hidden. That's when the CreateDesktop default that craigw mentioned is useful.)

You can use TinkerTool to turn on the Finder's Quit command.



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Cheap and RAM-frugal desktop hiding
Authored by: zpjet on Apr 13, '07 01:35:23AM

i so much agree.i use this method all the time. quitting finder is the first "defaults" i usually do on a newly installed machine. i understand apple didn't make finder quittable not to confuse average users (hallo? i had my stuff on my desktop but now it's all gone!) but it could be somewhere in advanced finder preferences, however i'm happy with unix way:

defaults write com.apple.Finder QuitMenuItem -boolean YES
killall Finder



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