How do I put application icons on the desktop in simple finder?

The Simple Finder would be a lot simpler if I could put icons to open applications on the desktop instead of buried in a folder. Is there any way to do that? I'm sure there must be, but I can't find it. If I click and hold on one of the icons in the applications folder, it just opens.

Maybe this will allow you to do what you want.
From Finder Help.
Change preferences for a user’s Simple Finder
In the simple Finder, choose Finder > Run Full Finder, then enter your administrator name and password. In full Finder you can make the changes you want.
When you’re done, choose Finder > Return to Simple Finder.

Similar Messages

  • I moved folder Itunes folder to the desktop.if I open Itnues now, I cannot see my library.how can I put it back in the folder "music" in Finder?

    I moved folder Itunes folder to the desktop.if I open Itnues now, I cannot see my library.how can I put it back in the folder "music" in Finder?

    done through Hard Disk at top right of the screen...itnues folder is there already because of my dragging into folder/music..but Itunes does not ope the whole library.
    whn I opened it, itwas like it had never been on the mac and it downloaded my last purchasesdone with the iphone...now it only shows that one album purchase

  • Is there an easy way to put dashboard icons on the desktop

    I there a simple way to get dashboard widgets to the desktop. just new to Mac and learning

    If you do a google search you should find a site the explains how to get the widgets to show on the normal desktop.
    I've thought about doing it but then I said "The Heck with it".

  • Why do some audio cds put two icons on the desktop

    One says Audio CD the other says Untitled. How can I stop it from doing this, as they will NOT eject.

    You can put them in a folder, you can hide them, they are all still going to go into your main messages folder. You can create a folder by pressing the menu button and going to add folder.  However you can not reduce the amount of mail icons by having them all go to one custom mail icon.
    hope that helps
    If someone helped you give them kudos. Research all info!

  • How can I put an icon for a particular site (i.e. The Times) on the desktop

    Under internet explorer I can put an icon on the desktop for a particular site so that my husband can find it easily! He reads the Times on Line but there is a technical problem with using Internet Explorer so we were advised to try Mozilla Firefox. The problem doesn't occur on Firefox but I can't find out how to put an icon on the desktop for him.

    See this support article. <br />
    https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Creating+a+desktop+shortcut+to+a+web+page

  • How do I put skype icon back in the dock?

    How do I put skype icon back in the dock?

    Just find the Skype application in the Applications folder and drag it back onto the Dock, anywhere to the left of the gap.
    Regards.

  • Somehow my application icon in the dock has disappeared and I have no idea where it went or how to get it back. I am not all that computer knowledgeable. Thanks for your help.

    Somehow my application icon in the dock has disappeared. I have no idea where it went but it contains all my applications that i use. How do I get the application icon to return  to the dock. Thanks for your help. I am not computer literate by any means. Thanks

    Goto your application folder, find your app then drag/drop it back to the dock.

  • Iphoto won't recognize my memory card anymore (since a month ish?) but the mac itself does and puts the icon on the desktop.  How do I get it to recognize it again?

    Iphoto won't recognize my memory card anymore (since a month ish?) but the mac itself does and puts the icon on the desktop.  How do I get it to recognize it again?

    Thank you so much for responding.  I will look for the other disks.
    One more question - I initially decided to do this because my Mac kept opening with the date changed to 2008, and I keep having to re - enter my Web key.  In addition, it was running much slower.  Since I 'cleaned' everything out, I thought all would work perfect.  This morning, the date changed to 2008; again AND it again asks for my Web key.  Does this mean my Mac has reached it's almost end or could I have a 'bug' on it?
    Again, thanks so much for your suggestions.

  • How do I get applications icon back in the dock?

    Lost my "applications" icon from the dock.  How do I get it back?

    Do a Spotlight Search for "Macintosh HD." Click on it to open it, then one of the folders is Applications. Drag this to the dock.

  • How do you move an application Icon to the home Screen

    How do you move an application Icon from the applications menu to the home Screen.
    For example the browser Icon????
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    domdp wrote:
    ...I have Theme L selected and I get 10 icons along the left side and bottom....
    ...I am thinking I may be limited to 10 icons....
    Gotcha... But actually its limited to 9 icons in the L theme as the Profiles icon is always present. From that screen hit the Menu key to display the bigger list of icons. Arange them so the first 9 icons are the ones you want to see on the L theme.

  • How can I delete icons from the desktop? every time I open a application (e.g. skype) the icon goes to the desktop

    how can I delete icons from the desktop? every time I open a application (e.g. skype) the icon goes to the desktop

    to remove the HD icon
    In Finder's Preferences pane, in the General tab, uncheck "Hard disks" under "Show these items on the Desktop" to clear away the icon.

  • How do I put an alias of the clipboard on my desktop?

    On occasion I would like to see the contents of my clipboard, and is would be convenient to have an alias easy to access, such as on my desktop.
    At one time I did put a clipboard icon on my desktop but somehow I managed to loose it. Maybe I inadvertantly trashed it. Now I cannot find the clipboard anywhere, even using Spotlight. How do I put an alias of the clipboard on my desktop?

    HI Brian,
    I don't think that you can.
    The Clipboard is a pointer to an area of active memory where items are temporarily stored. Although some applications include a "Show Clipboard contents" menu item, AppleWorks does not appear to be one of them.
    Within AppleWorks, you could show the contents of the clipboard by opening a new WP or Draw document, and using this as a clipboard viewer—go to the new document, paste. Then if you're using the new doc only to view what's on the clipboard, press delete to clear the document (but not the clipboard). Otherwise, leave the item in the document, which will then serve as a 'multi-item' storage space.
    Regards,
    Barry

  • How do i put a cover on the album when the album isnt a part of the itunes store?

    How do i put a cover on the album when the album isnt a part of the itunes store?

    fishmore wrote:
    BUT the image didn't actually work and all I ended up with was the word JPEG and a generic image... Any assistance would be appreciated - Thank you.
    Sounds like you copied an icon from the icon spot in a Get Info window for an image file, then pasted that intoo the same spot in the Get Info window for your folder. As you found out, that won't work - unless the image file already has a custom icon, that is.
    Visually, it's hard to tell if an image file has a custom icon, particularly if View Options for a folder (or the desktop) has been set to 'show icon preview' - the OS will use Preview to make an icon for that file 'on the fly', but it does not really exist as far as being a copyable icon.
    For what you want to do, the solution is really very easy.
    Do a Get Info on the image file whose icon you want to copy for your folder. In that Get Info window is a larger depiction of the image about halfway down - double-click that, and it should open in Preview.
    Press Command-A (that's Select All in the Edit menu).
    Press Command-C (that's Copy in the Edit menu).
    Close Preview, close the Get Info window for the image file.
    Open the Get Info window for your folder.
    Select the icon in the upper left by clicking it once - a blue border should appear around it.
    Press Command-V (that's Paste in the Edit menu).
    Close the Get Info window, and you're done.
    Comment - that's a nice way to make unique folder icons, but there is one drawback: how to distinguish visually between a folder with such an icon and an image file.
    One way, old school, is to append the character ƒ to the end of the name you give the folder. That character is easily generated by pressing Option-F and can be a visual indicator that the item is actually a folder and not an image.

  • How can I get Applications back to the Dock?

    I've stupidly just dragged my applications folder to Trash (I was  surprised Mac didn't ask me if I really wanted to). I've tried to find it in Trach but it's not there, but it is down left-hand in Finder. How can I get it back to the Dock?

    To get the icon for the hard drive showing on the Desktop, go to Finder's Preferences (in Finder menu) and on the General tab checkmark the item "Hard disks".
    To have an icon representing the hard drive appear in the Sidebar in a Finder window, in Finder's Preferences go to the Sidebar tab and checkmark "Hard disks" in the Devices section.
    Yet a third way to see the Applications folder itself - open the Applications folder, either via that entry in the Go menu or by clicking it in the Sidebar in a Finder window. Then hold down the Command key and click on the name of the folder (Applications) at the top of its window. A small dropmenu will open; select the hard drive's name from that list.
    Another way - go to the View menu and select "Show Path Bar". This will open a narrow area at the bottom of each Finder window; this area will display the path to the folder that's open, including the hard drive. Double-click the mini-icon for the hard drive in that path, and the window should change to display the root-level contents of the hard drive, which includes the Applications folder.

  • How do I delete duplicate icons from the dock of an Imac 8.1?

    How do I delete duplicate icons from the dock of an Imac 8.1?

    No dragging to trash doesn't work. Just keep dragging them off. If they are stacked, which shouldn't happen, then when you delete one the other is still there.
    Just how did you get duplicates? Did you put them there? If not then you have other problems and I'm not sure how to correct it.

Maybe you are looking for

  • [Solved] Problem with file permissions for a group

    I'm working on a simple Apache HTTP server just to get a small education in proper unix work. To save myself sudoing everything (and generally because it seems the proper way to use unix), I'm trying to give my user control over the /srv directory. S

  • Selecting single dataset from multiple datasets based on prioritized column

    I apologize if a similar question has been answered before. I don't seem to find to the correct search terms to find the solution. On to the question - I have the following data: +---ItemID---+---ItemName----------------------+---CompanyID---+ |    1

  • How to make a physical standby DB mounted automatically on startup of a PC?

    Hi, I have a physical standby DB 10.2 on a PC under windows XP. This is a Data Guard configuation. If the PC reboot, I would like the DB to start mount automatically. After that, the Data guard will automatically pout the DB in recovery mode. I have

  • Adobe's Open Screen Project. Opinions?

    It seems like Adobe is trying to slowly shift towards Open Source, as its concurrents (i.e. MS) are adopting open standards. Adobe has now launched the "Open Screen Project": The Open Screen Project, supported by Adobe and several "industry leaders"

  • 10.4.5 installation problems...none here!

    I can't find the giant thread that asked whether or not anyone had problems after installing 10.4.5 (there were dozens, if not hundreds, of replies, but I can't find it). Well, because most of the posts here are for problems, I just wanted to throw i