How do I see what I plug into the macbook on the desktop?

When I got my macbook pro 13 I was able to see what was in my diskdrive and also whatever was plugged into it.  How do I turn that back on?  Funny thing is I do not even remember turning it off.

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By default, OS X doesn't show disks in the desktop. To turn this on, open a Finder window, go to Finder menu (on the menu bar) > Preferences > General, and tick "Hard disks" and "External drives". After doing it, all the drives will appear on Desktop

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