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10.5: A cautionary tale on overloaded Desktops in 10.5
If you want to go radical
Applescript to hide desktop icons
http://Gnarlodious.com/Computer/Applescript
-- if no such value exists, create it try do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder CreateDesktop" on error do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true" end try -- toggle the existing value if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder CreateDesktop" as string) = "1" then do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false" else do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true" end if delay 1 -- quit and reactivate the Finder to use the new preferences. tell application "Finder" to quit delay 1 tell application "Finder" to activate
10.5: A cautionary tale on overloaded Desktops in 10.5
The first thing I did when I moved to OS X from OS 8 eight years ago was to create my own Downloads folder and adjust all app preferences accordingly. Do most people just left the default download location of Desktop? I can barely tollerate half a dozen things on my desktop, let alone hundreds... |
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