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How to remove MacOS Sonoma feature of numbering every item (or Menu choice) on Desktop?

Regarding Apple OS Sonoma.

The new OS feature of numbering every item (or Menu choice) on the Desktop is absolutely AWFUL. No amount of explanations or justifications will make it less so. Please explain how to REMOVE this feature. Is there a button/tab in System Settings? The strength of Apple has always been simplicity in appearance. The clutter of the feature that I've described, is a big step backwards for Apple. Please fix it Apple. Thank you.


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Mac mini, macOS 14.0

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 8:10 PM

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Oct 24, 2023 3:29 PM in response to KennyDaGreat

KennyDaGreat wrote:

Wow, thanks for the help! Thinking of downgrading to previous MacOS because this awful function, I hate it sooooo soooo much!! Glad this solution works!

The previous macOS had the feature, too. You'd have to go further back than the previous. I think it may have been further back than that, but that was so many beers ago.

Oct 28, 2023 2:49 PM in response to dialabrain

Add a computer restart and it worked great for me.

As a non-typist the speech to text feature is essential, but would be un worth it if I had to look at all of those number labels constantly.

Sidenote –the labels didn't show up for me for several hours and then just out of the blue so very annoying and unexplained appearance of unnecessary labeling for me.

Oct 29, 2023 12:29 PM in response to Dunesing

Hi team


No need to downgrade to Ventura, I have speech to text (ie dictation) and no numbers on my menus.


So the settings I have invoked are as follows:


Voice control - turn it off.



Keyboard - make sure that dictation is switched on...



I get to dictate the text without all of the numbers showing. I hope that helps you all get to the bottom of it.


Best wishes


Alex


How to remove MacOS Sonoma feature of numbering every item (or Menu choice) on Desktop?

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