Comments on: Hide All Desktop Icons in Mac OS X

By: Manage Drives & Mounted Volumes from the Mac OS X Menu Bar with FreeSpaceTab

Manage Drives & Mounted Volumes from the Mac OS X Menu Bar with FreeSpaceTab — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:43:58 +0000

[...] menubar apps are especially useful if you hide the Mac OS X desktop to reduce clutter, because they give you information and functionality that you’d otherwise [...]

By: Hide Desktop Icons On Mac OS X Lion | EssayBoard

Hide Desktop Icons On Mac OS X Lion | EssayBoard — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:33:03 +0000

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By: Clean the Mac OS X Desktop Automatically

Clean the Mac OS X Desktop Automatically — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:51:42 +0000

[...] so covered in files that you can barely see the wallpaper. Sometimes mine gets so full that I just hide the desktop icons so I can deal with them later, but that’s not necessarily the best [...]

By: Robert Huttinger

Robert Huttinger — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:55:16 +0000

[hint]Now if there were an automator service to do this without opening terminal …. [/hint]

By: Pax

Pax — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:59:08 +0000

I’m still using 10.6, and I have automatic changing wallpapers. Do you know a freeware that could handle the job?

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:20:36 +0000

THANK YOU

By: Ovid Nine Graphics Lab

Ovid Nine Graphics Lab — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:23:47 +0000

[...] Hide All Mac Desktop Icons Prove how minimalist you are with this little hack from OS X Daily. [...]

By: Philippe

Philippe — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:43:27 +0000

Problem is that in Lion, hiding desktop icons also hide wallpaper in spaces to the one in space #1.

By: Get 4 Useful Mac OS X Features in your Menu Bar with DesktopUtility

Get 4 Useful Mac OS X Features in your Menu Bar with DesktopUtility — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:39:49 +0000

[...] you don’t want to deal with manually hiding and showing the desktop icons, showing hidden files, accessing the user library directory, and forcibly emptying the Trash, grab [...]

By: Mac OS 10.7 Lion – What Software Works and Doesn’t Work

Mac OS 10.7 Lion – What Software Works and Doesn’t Work — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:43:38 +0000

[...] I did find a way to take care of this problem:How to hide your Mac OS desktop iconsThis is from a post in 2009 but it still worksGo to “Applications” and find the “Utilities” folder, [...]

By: Terminal Commands « McYukon's Blog

Terminal Commands « McYukon's Blog — Sun, 22 May 2011 23:33:09 +0000

[...] Again, kill the Finder and your icons will show on the desktop as usual. Clean up the Desktop by Hiding Desktop Icons via OSXDaily [...]

By: Aurelio Jargas

Aurelio Jargas — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:43:31 +0000

Thank you very much! I needed to clean the Desktop to record a screencast. I confirm that the command still works in Snow Leopard 10.6.6.

By: Hide All Desktop Icons in Mac OS X | hobo-online

Hide All Desktop Icons in Mac OS X | hobo-online — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:42:42 +0000

[...] up the Desktop by Hiding Desktop Icons Launch Terminal and type the following: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool [...]

By: MossEngine » Blog Archive » Mac OS X:Free your Mind & Memory! ( Hide Desktop Icons )

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:32:41 +0000

[...] cluttering icons… I have found the following method for disabling the desktop icons from here but of course should you prefer I have also typed up the steps to disable the icons. Oh I should [...]

By: shahnawaz

shahnawaz — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:26:17 +0000

Great Post I easily managed to to hide all my desktop icons in one go