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fowler.

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Apr 18, 2004
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I remember in earlier incarnations of Panther, they considered external hard drives different from cds, disk images and ipods.

Is there any way to change it so that I can display those while excluding my external drives on the desktop?
 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn
Mar 23, 2005
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Select Finder and go to Preferences. (Cmd + ,)

In Finder's preferences there are options to control what drive types are shown on the desktop.
 

fowler.

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Apr 18, 2004
585
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Pasadena
Eidorian said:
Select Finder and go to Preferences. (Cmd + ,)

In Finder's preferences there are options to control what drive types are shown on the desktop.

the problem is my ext. hds are under the "cds, dvds, and ipod" selection. so if i kill my hard drives, I kill all the other stuff that i'm trying to keep.
 

m-dogg

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Mar 15, 2004
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fowler. said:
the problem is my ext. hds are under the "cds, dvds, and ipod" selection. so if i kill my hard drives, I kill all the other stuff that i'm trying to keep.

Maybe you could include a shortcut to your external in your dock?
 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn
Mar 23, 2005
29,190
386
Indianapolis
m-dogg said:
Maybe you could include a shortcut to your external in your dock?
Actually you should be able to keep the icons off of your desktop but they should still show up in your side bar.
 
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