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Do you like to keep your desktop tidy
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I have about 64 items on my desktop at any given time. I've tried to keep clean, but they just keep coming back. And smart folders just aren't instantaneous enough for me.
I have a 'Desktop Stuff' folder on my desktop where everything that would normally get dumped on the desktop goes.
Best way, that gets cleaned out now and again as well.
Best way, that gets cleaned out now and again as well.
I use my Desktop as a workspace for whatever project(s) I'm currently working on. Then whenever I'm done with a project (or task) I clean up the leftovers (some go in trash some into appropriate folders in ~/Jobb/).
I also have a folder in ~/Documents/ called "must be tidied" (or really the Norwegian equivalence) where I put all the sh...tuff I don't know what to do with. This folder gets sorted/cleaned every now and then...
In Terminal, type:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Full/Path/To/Folder
Substitute the /Full/Path/To/Folder with the actual path, note that the ~ to represent the home folder will not work). Make sure the destination folder exists, then relaunch Finder (log out and back in/restart) and all screen shots should go there. I use it.
I also have a folder in ~/Documents/ called "must be tidied" (or really the Norwegian equivalence) where I put all the sh...tuff I don't know what to do with. This folder gets sorted/cleaned every now and then...
Send all screen shots directly to the assigned folder...
In Terminal, type:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Full/Path/To/Folder
Substitute the /Full/Path/To/Folder with the actual path, note that the ~ to represent the home folder will not work). Make sure the destination folder exists, then relaunch Finder (log out and back in/restart) and all screen shots should go there. I use it.
I have my Macbook icon, external HD icon, an alias to my uni work in my documents folder. That's it. Whatever is downloaded is put onto my desktop, but I've just created a downloaded stuff in Documents to stop that
I have nice big icons so I can't have too many files on my desktop.
I have nice big icons so I can't have too many files on my desktop.
No folder, no icons, and usually no windows open.
Just borderless Adium and a one-line text from Synergy for iTunes.
I hate clutter on my desktop.
Just borderless Adium and a one-line text from Synergy for iTunes.
I hate clutter on my desktop.
It's amazing how terminology changes over time - when I read that I looked at my 'physical' desktop and thought what a mess! I read further and then realised that you were referring to the Mac desktop - which in my case is quite tidy.
i hate having so many icons on my desktop; try to limit them to 5 or less. i feel like i'm going that fung shei (sp?) stuff.
Me too! My Mac desktop has 2 icons - internal and external HD. My External HD has absolutely no organization at all... I just move everything from my desktop there.
I like to keep both desktops tidy (or all 3 with XP 4 with PowerBook). I've got a random selection of pens, plectrums and memory cards infront of me right now. god knows how they got there.
Like to keep tidy but files n junk just seem to secretly pile up.
4 with PowerBook). I've got a random selection of pens, plectrums and memory cards infront of me right now. god knows how they got there.Like to keep tidy but files n junk just seem to secretly pile up.
I always keep two items on my desktop, with the occasional flash drive mounted for whatever project Im doing for school. My first hard drive is named whatever the code name for the unit is (In the case of my G4, Mystic) and the secondary HD, my backup, is labeled "Vault".
I've already had a MR member copy my system. Makes me feel special.
I dont mind the icons all over my XP desktop. I find it convenient without a dock.
Whenever something downloads on my G4, it goes to the desktop, and I like it that way. Makes it so I don't forget and DL it again. I just hate the .DMG with the disk image, with the unzipped folder, yadda yadda yadda JUST GIVE ME THE FILE! I dont need 3 icons cluttering up my space.
*breathes* end of my mini rant.
I've already had a MR member copy my system. Makes me feel special.
I dont mind the icons all over my XP desktop. I find it convenient without a dock.
Whenever something downloads on my G4, it goes to the desktop, and I like it that way. Makes it so I don't forget and DL it again. I just hate the .DMG with the disk image, with the unzipped folder, yadda yadda yadda JUST GIVE ME THE FILE! I dont need 3 icons cluttering up my space.
*breathes* end of my mini rant.
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Lau
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For a while, I had a "Temp" folder on the desktop, and I've tried keeping one in the dock, but my newest one is a desktop folder on my wallpaper of wallpaper (which I found in the desktop threads) in which I made an icon look like a light switch. The folder's called " " so it has no name...
So yes, I loathe desktop clutter. I also find it useful for work in progress, so if I'm doing a bit of photo fiddling for an hour or so, there will be a file or two on the desktop, and so having no others makes it easy to find them.
The folder's called " " so it has no name...So yes, I loathe desktop clutter. I also find it useful for work in progress, so if I'm doing a bit of photo fiddling for an hour or so, there will be a file or two on the desktop, and so having no others makes it easy to find them.
