Lost my Desktop Icons

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Lost my Desktop Icons

After installing today's security update, I have lost my desktop icons. All hard drives and desktop alias have gone, though they are still in the right folders.

What's the fix?

Thanks.
Mick

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 23, 2010 1:06 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 23, 2010 1:38 PM in response to Mick536

To add an alias to the desktop first right click (ctrl click) on the item you want to make an alias to. Scroll down the popup list and select make alias. Drag that alias to the desktop and you are all set.

Regarding hard-drives you can within Finder selected the

Finder menu - Preferences... - general

and choose what type of drives you want to appear on your desktop.

Hope this helps.

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Mick536 Author

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Sep 24, 2010 6:15 AM in response to taylor.henderson

Taylor -

Nope, doesn't help. I've got the aliases set. They're listed in the Desktop folder. The Finder sidebar preferences are set. I've lost the icons.

A new anomaly I just discovered...clicking on the desktop doesn't shift me to Finder. This is all after I installed yesterday's update.

...Mick

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Mick536 Author

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Sep 25, 2010 3:40 PM in response to Mick536

The answer was the second method found here:

http://www.ehow.com/how6877893_do-icons-reappear-mac-desktop.html

Delete User/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Empty the trash.
Reboot.

...Mick

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