Renamed the drive

[mattofact]

My son duplicated and then renamed the drive on my computer.

One of them now has a small black arrow in the corner.
I don't know if I should delete one or not. Should I?
Which one do I delete?

Can I rename the one I'm going to keep?

Help please. I really do appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks,
Matt

 

[pknz]

My son duplicated and then renamed the drive on my computer.

One of them now has a small black arrow in the corner.
I don't know if I should delete one or not. Should I?
Which one do I delete?

Can I rename the one I'm going to keep?

Help please. I really do appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks,
Matt

The icon with the black arrow is just an alias, feel free to delete it (similar to a shortcut on Windows).

Feel free to rename the drive.

 

[mattofact]

I should add

my son is 2 so I can't ask him what he did. Actually it didn't stop me from asking him... he just didn't answer.

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I appreciate the fast and good response!

 

[mattofact]

Can I had the drive from the desktop?

Once I rename it can I hide it from the desktop so this does not happen again?

 

[Carlanga]

The one w/ the arrow is an alias (shortcut) which can be deleted w/ no repercussions.

Once I rename it can I hide it from the desktop so this does not happen again?

Yes, in Finder's Preferences pane, in the General tab, uncheck "Hard disks" under "Show these items on the Desktop" to clear away the icon. (You can do the same for external or optical disks and network servers)

 

[mattofact]

Thank you!

I appreciate it.

 

[Dweez]

Can't keep those kids away from the mac. Same story here, but my kids are adults, and they still can't stay away.

 

[DeF46]

As for how your son did it, you just right click I think, or Cmd-Click and select "Create Alias" or something like that.

 

[Whargoul]

Why is your 2 year old son allowed on the computer unsupervised?

 

[DeF46]

Why is your 2 year old son allowed on the computer unsupervised?

Send the police!! He could be looking up how to make bombs and become a terrorist you know! Not good parenting. Baaaaad.