Hiding Drive icons

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  1. michaelsviews, Feb 13, 2009

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    Attached is a picture of the desktop, the new drive icons are a result of a new drive partitioned out. I would prefer not to see them on the desktop but want to see the Macintosh HD , what method would I use to do this.

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  2. KettyKrueger, Feb 13, 2009

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    Finder / Preferences / de-select all the drives you don't want to see.

    Simple :)
     
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  3. michaelsviews, Feb 13, 2009

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    Simple yes, but it does not give a choice of which drives specifically to see and which to not see
     
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  4. r.j.s, Feb 13, 2009

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    Add a . to the start of their name.
     
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  5. michaelsviews, Feb 13, 2009

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    This error's when I put .name did I misunderstand you?
     
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  6. r.j.s, Feb 13, 2009

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    Are they NTFS, if so, you'll need to rename them from Windows.
     
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  7. michaelsviews, Feb 13, 2009

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    No there Mac OSX Journaled
     
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  8. wrldwzrd89, Feb 13, 2009

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    Go to Finder -> Preferences and uncheck External Drives in the show on desktop options. Alas, you can't toggle on/off individual drives.
     
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  9. r.j.s, Feb 13, 2009

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    This may help you.
     
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