Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Disappearing finder icons and ghost icons

typecase

typecase

macrumors 6502
Original poster
I've recently had a strange problem. Occasionally, my desktop icons all disappear (everything except for the Macintosh HD). I can still access the files by opening the HD then navigating to users/user name/desktop but the files on the desktop are gone. When I try selecting the desktop, only ghosts of the folders appear (no ghost files). Any idea what could be causing this? A finder reboots seems to cure the problem. (See below for a picture). I have 10.4.8 on a G5 with all the updates.

 
Like any superstitious mac user, repairing permissions (and doing the whole twirl the rubber chicken thing) was the first thing I did.
 
Not to stray from the main topic but where did you get that cool G5/MacPro case icon? That looks neat!
 
I would love an answer to that as well... Sometimes I get all my icons from the Desktop disappear, except from the hard drives. Also, the finder's preferences of the desktop's disappeared folders are reset.

😕
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back