saving to desktop

420benz · Feb 19, 2013, 01:34 PM

How to set Mac to always save everything to the desktop?

LPZ · Feb 19, 2013, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 420benz

How to set Mac to always save everything to the desktop?

Please clarify "everything."

Do you mean "everything downloaded from the internet using a browser?"

420benz · Feb 19, 2013, 04:35 PM

Yes. When an option asks me to Save I would like to save to the desktop.

Pakaku · Feb 19, 2013, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 420benz

How to set Mac to always save everything to the desktop?

You don't want to save stuff to your Desktop. Having a ton of icons on the desktop will actually slow your Mac down, because it's trying to render all of them at once. One or two won't hurt, but if you're careless for a while, it gets pretty cumbersome.

420benz · Feb 19, 2013, 05:46 PM

The reason i do that is so i can save it to a file on the DT because most of what i save is only temporary,plus if i want to print or email i don't have to look for it.It's just a Windows thing.

macthefork · Feb 19, 2013, 05:56 PM

If using Firefox, just go to Firefox > Preferences > General, and set it there.

420benz · Feb 19, 2013, 06:02 PM

Thanks. I will switch to FF.

Hungry&Foolish · Feb 19, 2013, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 420benz

Thanks. I will switch to FF.

You can do that in Safari too.
Safari- preferences- General- Save downloaded files to- Change that.

kpgh554 · Feb 19, 2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 420benz

The reason i do that is so i can save it to a file on the DT because most of what i save is only temporary,plus if i want to print or email i don't have to look for it.It's just a Windows thing.

click on select folder>click on scroll arrow at top select users>desktop click open then click on box >always open in. Or just right click on downloads folder make alias and drag that to desktop.

420benz · Feb 19, 2013, 11:12 PM

Thanks Again.

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Feb 19, 2013, 04:35 PM	#3
420benz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2012	Yes. When an option asks me to Save I would like to save to the desktop.
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420benz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2012	The reason i do that is so i can save it to a file on the DT because most of what i save is only temporary,plus if i want to print or email i don't have to look for it.It's just a Windows thing.
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420benz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2012	Thanks. I will switch to FF.
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420benz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2012	Thanks Again.
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