Desktop icons or no icons

[deany]

Hi
I've been a macOS & rMBP 13" for a year now, from Windows. & I love not having icons on the desktop. I also have dock and menu hidden.
How do others keep their desktop?
thanks

ps
my desktop photo is Easter Island

 

[charlyee]

Same here - no desktop items and dock hidden on the left.

I have been using OSX since 2011 and love it this way.

 

[T5BRICK]

I have a couple of icons on my desktop, and I hate the hidden dock, so mine is a permanent fixture(although it is as small as possible).

 

[DavidLynch]

I don't hide the dock but my only desktop icons are internal and external storage. I also use Magnet (which I love) to keep the windows organized.

 

[Jessica Lares]

I have the dock setup so it doesn't even show up ever because I usually use uBar. Right now I've just been using Launchpad to open stuff though - Honestly, I keep a lot of my apps to just popup straight at startup and I sleep the machine instead of restarting it pretty much 24/7.

Keep the menu on always and don't have icons on my desktop.

 

[JTToft]

No permanent icons. I use my Desktop for whatever I'm currently working on or need to keep only temporarily for reference. Dock is permanently visible and doesn't have magnification or indicators.

 

[jerryk]

I have my drive icons on the desktop. I do the same thing on my windows machines.
Everything else in taskbar or menus on windows, or in dock on OSX.

 

[Badrottie]

I leave Dock and Mac HD on the desktop that's all.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Yep clean and clear for me as well I love it.

 

[maflynn]

I keep mine clean as well, little to no icons on the desktop

 

[Suture]

Drive icons and temporary files only here. Otherwise it turns into an absolute mess of a desktop for me.

 

[RichardC300]

I have no icons on the desktop and dock hidden on the left like some people have already mentioned. Hiding the dock gives you the feeling that you have so much more room.

 

[SoundsEclectic]

External drive and my network drive and a short cut to my Music folder. This is my personal machine, my work machine on the other hand has clutter everywhere...

 

[janitor3]

Just have dock and HD Drive on desktop.

 

[charlyee]

Just have the dock and that too hidden on the left. Love the look of just the wallpaper.