Trying to clean up desktop folders by moving them to finder...

In macOS Sierra, you can move them to 'your name' folder in the finder. And then delete it off the desktop. So for example, I copied True Detective on the computer and it went straight on the desktop. So I then created a folder called Series, in the 'my name" folder under favourites in the finder. I then copied all the files of True Detective from the desktop into the Series folder. I then deleted the True Detective folder from the desktop. The files open fine.

To make the Series folder even more accessible, I make a shortcut under Favourites in the Finder.

I know I'm 4 years late in answering this question, but in case this helps anyone else. Cheers!

This forum is for very old versions of OS X.

Your problem, hardware or software, may not be exactly the same as that of the original poster of this older thread, and it can be very confusing for everybody if we try to answer more than one question in each thread, which can also result in you applying the wrong advice to your particular problem.

In order for us to give your problem our proper attention to try to solve it, would you kindly start your own thread, describing the trouble you are having in the fullest detail, including completing your details to show what Mac or iDevice you are using, what operating system, and what version of the application in question. Please remember to post in the forum relevant to your hardware or version of OS X. A full list of all the support forums is here:

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Go to desktop in finder, and hold down on the file you want to take off the home screen. Then mover to another section in the sidebar in finder

Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu and drag them to any of the folders inside it.

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Firstly, you cannot delete the Desktop folder. It's required by OS X. You can move your folders on the Desktop to a suitable location in one of the folders in your Home folder such as Documents, for example. If you wish to access them from the Finder's sidebar, then after you have relocated them, select a folder and drag it into the Finder's sidebar.

4 years late you SAVED ME!!! Thanks so much, I could not understand and/or execute the other's suggestions.

Cheers!

What is meant by 'your name' folder?

Actually it was listed as OS S which o think should be Sierra. I have High Sierra which should be nearly the same.

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