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From: Fred McKenzie on 19 Jul 2010 00:22 In article <myoung-5D1AE2.20545717072010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, John Young <myoung(a)cavtel.net> wrote: > Ok I screwed something up...and hope someone will help. > Things I put in my desktop folder don't show up on my desktop. Desktop > folder is inside my home folder and has the correct icon just as it > should. > Thanks for any help! v10.6.4 John- This discussion has been very interesting, but seems to have strayed from your question. As David suggested, an icon might be hidden behind another icon. It also might be hiding off screen if you changed monitors or monitor resolution. Either way, you should be able to drag it from your Desktop Folder onto the Desktop, and it should stay where you put it unless you have one of the Desktop options set otherwise. (Control-Click on desktop and choose Show View Options.) Fred
From: AES on 19 Jul 2010 10:57 In article <1jlvp66.132egqh4f465zN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > > I use DragThing (shareware) with a series of tabs to keep track of > frequently used applications and documents. > Also a big fan of DragThing. Apple dock hidden of the RHS of the screen, DragThing dock off the LHS gives lots of quick access with maximized screen real estate. Highly recommend it.
From: Suze on 19 Jul 2010 11:55 In article <siegman-56BAA0.07573219072010(a)sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > In article <1jlvp66.132egqh4f465zN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, > dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > > > > > I use DragThing (shareware) with a series of tabs to keep track of > > frequently used applications and documents. > > > > Also a big fan of DragThing. Apple dock hidden of the RHS of the > screen, DragThing dock off the LHS gives lots of quick access with > maximized screen real estate. Highly recommend it. It's also a great quick reference for passwords and such and you can copy/paste them into the appropriate blanks on web pages really easily. -- Suze Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that.
From: dorayme on 19 Jul 2010 18:54 > In article <1jlvp66.132egqh4f465zN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, > dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > What about aliases on the desktop, do they too take up as much RAM as other icons of the same size? I expect yes, but just asking. -- dorayme
From: John Young on 19 Jul 2010 19:22
In article <fmmck-295D95.00225319072010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Fred McKenzie <fmmck(a)aol.com> wrote: > In article <myoung-5D1AE2.20545717072010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > John Young <myoung(a)cavtel.net> wrote: > > > Ok I screwed something up...and hope someone will help. > > Things I put in my desktop folder don't show up on my desktop. Desktop > > folder is inside my home folder and has the correct icon just as it > > should. > > Thanks for any help! v10.6.4 > > John- > > This discussion has been very interesting, but seems to have strayed > from your question. > > As David suggested, an icon might be hidden behind another icon. It > also might be hiding off screen if you changed monitors or monitor > resolution. > > Either way, you should be able to drag it from your Desktop Folder onto > the Desktop, and it should stay where you put it unless you have one of > the Desktop options set otherwise. (Control-Click on desktop and choose > Show View Options.) > > Fred Fred Thanks for getting back on track. I have never had anything like this happen before and my first mac was an SE. If I played with the Show View Options I could get two or three of the five Icons in my desktop folder in view on the desktop by changing the Icon Size and Grid Spacing. I think it was a corrupt preference but could not figure it out. I finally fixed the problem by creating a new user account and replacing all my documents, pictures etc from my old user account then deleting it. I do have a bootable SuperDuper backup but it runs automatically each morning so it was corrupted also. Anyway thanks for the suggestions. John |