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calebjohnston

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Jan 24, 2006
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I realize this is probably a really simple problem, but I was just wondering how to remove the Macintosh HD icon from the desktop. I have no reason for it to be there and I can't figure out how to remove it. Dragging it to the trash seems like it's going to eject the harddrive so to speak. probably not a great idea.

Thanks.
 
calebjohnston said:
I realize this is probably a really simple problem, but I was just wondering how to remove the Macintosh HD icon from the desktop. I have no reason for it to be there and I can't figure out how to remove it. Dragging it to the trash seems like it's going to eject the harddrive so to speak. probably not a great idea.

Thanks.

Go to the Finder menu, ->Preferences->Sidebar. Uncheck "Hard disks"
 
Muchas gracias.

Thanks for the extremely fast response, I knew it would be something simple like that.
 
Actually, you don't want the one under "Sidebar." You want the one under "General."
 
yessir.

I figured that out after he originally pointed out where to start looking. Thanks again for the nudge ;).
 
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