Desktop gone from finder
I am switching to a mac from a pc...
from finder, i tried to drag desktop under places to the dock, so I could have 1 click to get to the desktop. I must have done something wrong, because i got a puff of cloud, like I was dragging something off the dock. The real problem is that it removed desktop from places in finder. How do I get that back in finder? Can I drag it to dock?
Thanks
bob
Go to the Preferences in Finder, select the Sidebar pane, and checkmark Desktop under Places. That will put the Desktop back in your sidebar.
As to putting it in the Dock, go to your user's Home folder (click your user name in the Finder sidebar). In your Home folder you'll find the "real" Desktop folder (the icon in the Sidebar is an alias and can't be put in the Dock directly) and you can drag that to the Dock. Make sure you drag the folder to the right side of the dashed bar in the Dock; only applications can go on the left side.
Regards.
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I could not 'undo' this move. It is gone from the finder window.
I was dragging it down into the dock, and then it disappered.
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Thank you.Hi David!
The icons in the Sidebar, and also in the Dock, are merely Aliases, or Shortcuts, to the original folder or application, which is not affected, by the action of dragging off.
When you drag them off as you did, they will disappear, as you have seen.
The method that roam has posted will work to replace the Alias icon in the Sidebar.
When you drag the folder from your Home folder to the Sidebar, you must position it below the separator bar.
To put an Alias icon in the Dock, you can also open the folder where the application or folder resides, and position the cursor on the item, hold down on the mouse, drag the item to the Dock, and release the pressure on the mouse.
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And thats exactly how you do it.
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Regards
TD -
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
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