am i missing something here, but if i plug in a thumb drive, external hdd, external cdrom they are mounted in the finder but i don't get a shortcut on the desktop. same thing with downloaded .dmg's
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no desktop icons for mounted drives?
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That is because the desktop you see isn't the desktop anymore, it is a space to open apps. Odd I know. There is a tool listing on OSXDaily that will show the desktop by defaul and any hidden files, which I like, or go to finder, then click "Desktop" on the left side bar to actually see your desktop and related items. But frankly, after doing that, I just removed my icons from my desktop and made my drives visible on the left side bar of finder.
MacManiac76
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Go into Finder -> Preferences and on the General tab make sure the options are checked for Hard Disks, External Disks, etc.
@marc11 - even if i go to my user/desktop folder i don't see the mount icons
@macmaniac76 - it would appear that lion doesn't have that option, at least my general pane doesn't show anything related to those items.
@macmaniac76 - it would appear that lion doesn't have that option, at least my general pane doesn't show anything related to those items.
Patrick J
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IT must. Open a Finder window. Now File, Preferences, and in the General tab (first one), there are 4 options. Tick/untick those.
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excellent thanks, sorry i thought people were saying general under system preferences. my icons are back!
Hello! I've got all this preferences checked - External disk drivers; CD ... & etc - but i don't have icons on a desktop. I've got latest updated LION OSX - what else may cause such problem?
Taz Mangus
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Drives not mounting
I'm having the same issue as here ... has anyone else come across it?
I connected a new Time Capsule yesterday and their blue drive icons were coming up when I connected to them.
But now they won't come up. I can connect to the drives, but they don't mount on the desktop.
I'm having the same issue as here ... has anyone else come across it?
I connected a new Time Capsule yesterday and their blue drive icons were coming up when I connected to them.
But now they won't come up. I can connect to the drives, but they don't mount on the desktop.
