Re: Desktop folders lost!

Hi Carl:

Oh, I don't think that one will ignite a flame war. If you're looking for a
fight, weigh in on top- or bottom-posting :-)

I also keep my desktop clear ? I am much more disciplined than John, there's
only two items on it currently, and one is Mac HDD :-)

However, I don't think that, other than for reasons of good housekeeping,
there is any purpose in doing this in OS X?

In DOS and OS9, the "Desktop" was in fact the root of the mounted boot
volume, and there was a physical limit to the number of files that could be
stored there.

Now in OS X, the "Desktop" is in fact an alias to a folder within the \Usr
structure. So it's already subfolder, and there is no real reason not to
store your entire document library there if you want to.

Makes the computer very difficult to drive and makes stuff hard to find, but
I can't think of any technical reason not to do it. Can you?

Cheers


On 23/8/07 7:17 AM, in article
carl-54463B.17473022082007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Carl Witthoft"
<carl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <220820070132111854%nospam@xxxxxxxxx>,
Elliott Roper <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <C2F0F70A.75A5%a.cowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ann Cowden
<a.cowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Help. Can anyone tell me how to get my desktop folders/files back into
view? I accidentally put a photo up as a screen saver then when I reverted
to a standard one, I lost all of my desktop files.

First check you have not deleted them.
In Finder type cmd-shift-h then cmd-3
That should show your home folder in column view.
Click on the desktop folder to confirm the files are still there.

[snip]

I suppose this'l just reignite a flame war, but in fact Ann has shown
yet one more reason NEVER to put files or folders on (i.e. in) the
Desktop. It's sloppy, pointless, and only leads to trouble.

It really is very easy to create a folder named "coolstuff" or
"notthedesktop" and then open a Finder window to display that folder's
contents. Stay away from the Desktop.

And lets face it: changing screen savers has nothing to do with the
desktop in the first place, so Ann will benefit from running thru some
of the "OS X for Dummies" basic training. This is not to put her down:
we all needed that training at some point in our past.
Maybe she meant that she changed her Desktop wallpaper, not the
screensaver; then again maybe she doesn't realize that the actual
Desktop is not visible when the screensaver is active. More info needed.

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