Desktop Full

My Desk is full with files accidentally downloaded. My iMac despite restarting many times in various mode blocked after 2/3 minutes, the time it took to download on the desktop all those files.

How can I delete all those heavy files form the desktop ?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Sep 21, 2015 8:17 AM

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Sep 21, 2015 10:58 AM in response to edouvic

If the Finder is bogged down by too many items on the Desktop, you may be able to free it up by hiding the preview icons. Click anywhere on the Desktop to select it, then press the key combination command-J, or select

View ▹ Show View Options

from the menu bar. In the dialog that opens, uncheck the box marked

Show icon preview

You may now be able to move the items off the Desktop. Otherwise, start up in safe mode and try again.

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