no desktop icons for mounted drives?

That is because the desktop you see isn't the desktop anymore, it is a space to open apps. Odd I know. There is a tool listing on OSXDaily that will show the desktop by defaul and any hidden files, which I like, or go to finder, then click "Desktop" on the left side bar to actually see your desktop and related items. But frankly, after doing that, I just removed my icons from my desktop and made my drives visible on the left side bar of finder.

Go into Finder -> Preferences and on the General tab make sure the options are checked for Hard Disks, External Disks, etc.

unsped said:

@macmaniac76 - it would appear that lion doesn't have that option, at least my general pane doesn't show anything related to those items.

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IT must. Open a Finder window. Now File, Preferences, and in the General tab (first one), there are 4 options. Tick/untick those.

Hello! I've got all this preferences checked - External disk drivers; CD ... & etc - but i don't have icons on a desktop. I've got latest updated LION OSX - what else may cause such problem?

Spyd3r said:

Hello! I've got all this preferences checked - External disk drivers; CD ... & etc - but i don't have icons on a desktop. I've got latest updated LION OSX - what else may cause such problem?

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Try resetting PRAM.

Taz Mangus said:

Try resetting PRAM.

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Tried! But that didn't solve the problem!
Any other ideas?

Drives not mounting

I'm having the same issue as here ... has anyone else come across it?

I connected a new Time Capsule yesterday and their blue drive icons were coming up when I connected to them.

But now they won't come up. I can connect to the drives, but they don't mount on the desktop.

Seeing mounted drives

Patrick J said:

IT must. Open a Finder window. Now File, Preferences, and in the General tab (first one), there are 4 options. Tick/untick those.

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This was perfect! Thank you!