Resize a single desktop icon?

Is there any way to change the size of just one folder icon on the desktop?
I just want to be able to emphasize one icon, and keep the others a smaller size. Is this possible?

I don't think so, but you might make it stand out by Doing a Get Info on it & clicking the Red Label color.

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Trackpad resizing desktop icons

I have a quirk with the trackpad and resizing the Desktop icons. (I have installed the December 08 firmware updates.)
If I put two fingers on the trackpad, and swirl one finger, then the Desktop icons will get big or get small.
I wonder if others have this same problem, and if so then whether they have discovered a solution? Is it just an oddity that I experience?

kizkij wrote:
I have a quirk with the trackpad and resizing the Desktop icons. (I have installed the December 08 firmware updates.)
If I put two fingers on the trackpad, and swirl one finger, then the Desktop icons will get big or get small.
I wonder if others have this same problem, and if so then whether they have discovered a solution? Is it just an oddity that I experience?
Are you sure you didn't hit the control key when you did that since if you hit ctrl+two finger scroll, it'll zoom the whole desktop.
deltatux

I can no longer access Yahoo from desktop icon; attempt to report this to Firefox fails. Help.

I have always been able to access Yahoo from my desktop icon. In the last few days, this has not worked 90% of the time (once in a while I can get through). I need to access it through my Verizon account. Why is this suddenly happening - for years I have been able to use the Yahoo icon.
And when I tried to send a help message to Firefox it refused to go through - the green line would go over and over and never finish.

What do you mean when you say you "can no longer access these sites?" Does that mean you can't connect to those sites in your web browser, or that they aren't showing up in iWeb?
If the latter, note that your iWeb data is all entirely stored in a hidden file. In the Finder, choose Go -> Go To Folder and paste the following path into the window that opens:
~/Library/Application Support/iWeb
In that folder, you will find a single file, called Domain. That's got all the data for all your iWeb sites. If that file is missing, or if it has become corrupt, you will need to restore it from an earlier backup.
As for replacing iWeb, either Sandvox or RapidWeaver should work. Which works best will depend on your own tastes. Note that neither is capable of fully importing iWeb sites, as those sites will have a lot of content that is copyrighted by Apple. For more information about transitioning to one of these products, see:
http://rapidweaverfaq.org/site/migrating_from_iWeb.html
http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/help/z/Transitioning_from_iWeb.html

Rogue desktop icons

Once in a while, for no apparent reason, All my desktop icons snap to grid on the right half of the screen. I find them there at startup., and I have to painstakingly reposition them where I want.
This is in spite of the fact that in the Finder's View menu > Show View Options > "None" was selected.
It was suggested that I should delete the .DS_Store file of the Desktop. It is an invisible file which I accessed and deleted via Disk Warrior, but this promising tip did not work.
I wonder if a gifted hacker out there would know of a way to force my desktop icons to remain where I placed them, and I am curious to find out if I am the only one with this problem.
I use an Intel Mac mini 3,1 2.26 GHz 2Gb RAM, running Snow Leopard.
Thank you.

From a recent article in MacFixit:
Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately -- aside from the effect of disarray it creates -- keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks.
As such, keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost -- particularly for the Finder.

Desktop icons off screen when removing second monitor

Hi there, well I have found a few bugs so far using Leopard so thought I should see if anyone else is getting them:
@ I use a second monitor, and if I remove the monitor, although the rest of the OS resizes to just the laptop, the desktop icons are nowhere to be seen.
@ My USB mouse doesn't work any more.
@ Although I prefer the way the connected servers now work, there is a problem in Finder, where I have to restart Finder to be able to see some connections.
Apart from that I am pretty happy with the speed improvements and there are less bugs for me than I had read about (although obviously as production software you would expect minimum bugs!).
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I have the exact same problem, MacBook Pro 15" 2.33 GHz and the same type of Apple display. I use the display at the office, disconnect, bring my PB home, and when I wake it up the PB acts like the display is till connected - no desktop icons visible (although strangely, it shows the Dock and the Finder Menu) until after I restart.
Clicking "detect displays" doesn't work, neither does clicking the highlighted configuration.
My daughter also has a problem with her MacBook and her Apple Cinema display, which has to be set as mirrored or it won't display anything, it somehow isn't detected the way it used to be. Why I mentioned this is because I never had this problem before, and neither did my daughter. It started quite recently, so I guess it is related to a system software update.
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White thick frame around desktop icons (after latest updates)

hi all,
i'm using xfce4 as DE, but, instead of xfdesktop as desktop icon manager, i keep using nautilus ('nautilus -n': run automatically at session login) 'cos i like some features xfdesktop doesn't have, such as: more flexible icons repositioning, icons resizing, etc..
my main problem is: after having installed last updates this morning (pacman -Syyu), and after re-executing nautilus, now all icons on desktop have a ugly and annoying thick (3-4 pxs) white frame around ...
googling about, i found out it could be a issue related to how nautilus manages thumbnails ....but unfortunately all threads are concerning gnome 2.x...NOT gnome 3.x
some of you encountered such a problem?
seems that nautilus treats and displays all desktop icons as images thumbnails
thanks
Last edited by jib (2012-11-19 13:08:14)

guys
i've solved this way:
from: http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/os/Linux/distr/ … g/os/i686/
i downloaded: nautilus-3.6.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
so i downgraded nautilus (pacman -U nautilus-3.6.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz) from 3.6.3 prior to 3.6.1-1 (unfortunately i couldn't find 3.6.1-2 or 3.6.2 vers around)
restarted nautilus and everything is back to normal
ps: remember to add nautilus in IgnorePkg section (/etc/pacman.conf), otherwise it will be upgraded back again as soon as a pacman -Su is issued
i share with you this piece of information if it can be useful
Last edited by jib (2012-11-21 14:24:58)

Question about desktop icons

Hi, My question is what are the settings that need to be changed to get rid of the icon menu that appears around desktop icons when your cursor is over the icon? The feature I'm refering to comes up around the icon and has a button to resize the icon a button to rotate the icon a button to close the icon and one to give the prperties. I have several different distro that use kde4.2 or 4.3 and all have this disabled by default. At this point the only distro I have with this annoyance on the desktop is Arch. I tried to google this question but without knowing the proper term for this "feature" I was unable to find an answer. I hope I have descibed it well enough here that someone can tell me how to disable this great annoyance.

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Spinning Beach Ball - no desktop icons

Today, while I was moving between Word and Safari, at some point I got the never-ending spinning beach ball of death. I eventually force quit and restarted. Everything came up but the desktop icons -- like my HD icon and the files on my desktop -- and the beach ball continues to spin and won't quit. I have restarted several times and it's always the same thing.
I can open software by going into the dock and even get online. However, if I try to use the Finder it won't let me and I am locked into the spinning ball. I read these forums and didn't see any problem identical to this with the spinning beach ball of death. I tried repairing the permissions and repaired the disk. I have 1 GB RAM so I think that's not the issue.
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I took my PowerBook into the Genius Bar tonight and the Genius took a look at it. He said sometimes too many files on the desktop or a corrupt file on the desktop can cause the Finder to not respond. I didn't have that many files on the desktop, but remembered downloading a PDF from an email shortly before the problem. He worked on it in the single user mode until he could access my desktop files. We deleted the PDF just for good measure. After he worked some other magical things having to do with my desktop folder and the permissions, and then repairing the permissions -- everything is working great. Whew.
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Is there a program that can open .desktop icons?

Hi.
I am 15 years old and have downloaded a game thats called Planetside 2 with the program wine and winebottler. It installed perfectly and leaved a icon thats named Planetside2.PSG.desktop. I didn't exit the window until the planetside 2 have uploaded everything. After one day I decided to play Planetside 2 but I couldn't open that icon. Not even my winebottler couldn't open it. Is there a way or a program that can open that. (I do not want any suggestions buy virtual machines because I don't have a disk reader that can run cd´s).
The way I did it.
1. Installed Planetside 2
2. Created a desktop icon for shortcut. (There also came a sort of document Planetside2.PSG.ink)
3. Waited Planetside 2 to upload ( I went about 3 hours so I went to bed).
4. Next morning, tried to use the shortcut (Planetside2.PSG.desktop) to launch it.
5. Searching if there was anything more installed in the computer and I couldn't find anything except that desktop icon.
Well there is one opertuntity that works but it takes a LONG time because I have to install it again and click the repear option to even open Planetside 2.
My computer is a Macbook air with operating system OS X 10.8.4. (its not mountain lion but it was no more option).

Thanks, I should talk to the support and now I know where my game is! I had the problem to find Planetside was one of the problems and it was in a windows c:drive that is almost impossible to find (Spotlight and Finder searches doesn't work). But I found a program that can find EVERY single program which is OmniDiskSweeper. It calculates every folders and programs size and lays a display on how much spaces it takes on your computer. If anyone have problem to find the windows C:drive I can guide you like this:
Machintosh HD>Users>Your computer name (Which would take a lot of gbytes)>Library(Its probably here the folder Library doesn't show up)>Application Support>com.yourcompany.yourapp.??>there is your windows c:drive!
Maybe in some computers it doesn't work but it worked for me how I found my C:drive. I was using a program called wine so that maybe explains the dissapering. Wine laid it on the C:drive.

Application minimized when launching from the JavaWebstart desktop icon

Hi All,
I created a desktop icon when I was prompted to thru JavaWebStart.
Now, whenever I launch my application by double-clicking on the icon, it launches with the window minimized.
I have to d-click on the windows taskbar to maximize it.
Is there a way to launch the application with the maximized window.
Maybe some property to be set in the JNLP file.
Please let me know if anyone knows about it
Thanks
Urvashi

O sure...I can do that if i am launching the application on a single monitor. And this does work if i have only 1 monitor. But in case of multi-monitors, this does not work.
Thats why I was looking for more like property to be set.
Urvashi

Desktop icons non responsive but dock and menu bar ok

I have at times had a situation where my dock is accessible and the top menu also accessible but non of the icons on the desktop can be accessed. You can click on them all you want and they do not respond. Even the disk drive (which I have displayed on the desktop) can not be accessed through the desktop but it can through the Finder via the dock. The only way to have access to the desktop icons is to go to "force quit" via the apple menu and then select "Relaunch Finder" which after complete will allow the icons on the desktop to be accessible. Does anyone know what the problem is so that I don't have to go through this each time I let the computer sit for a while?

Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
And it is why Apple invented 'Stacks' for Leopard.
Here is Apple's take on the subject:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/immaculate_desktop.html

How to create desktop icon that is a live URL

I am sure I'm overlooking something obvious and that this is a stupid question, but I can't figure out how to do something in OS X SL that is a snap in Windows: How do you create a desktop icon that is a "shortcut" to a web site URL, so that double-clicking the desktop icon causes the default browser to open to that page? All I can figure out is how to save a page to the desktop as an html file through the file menu. But that creates both the icon and a whole folder of other files and appears to just open a static (historical) document. Basically I am just wanting to make a "bookmark" to a single site right on my desktop. (It's my Delicious site where I keep all my bookmarks for all browsers on all devices.)

The easiest way is to just drag the URL from Safari's address bar to your desktop. This will create a .webloc file that points to the URL. Double-clicking the .webloc will launch the browser to navigate to the stored URL.

Change desktop icon in dist folder

hi. i was wondering how could i change the default icon of the coffee cup in the dist folder of my application once i compile my program. thanks in advance.
xna

xnofate wrote:
no. not really. once we've finished our application and compile it we get an Executable Jar File in our project's Dist folder right? and it's default icon is the Java Coffee Cup. i would like to change the image of that desktop icon ^^; sorry for being too vague btw.
xnayou can change the icon to be used for all jar files - not for each single one...
Instructions for Windows XP:
1) Explorer > Tools > FileTypes
2) Select JAR (Executable Jar File)
3) Click "Advanced"
4) Click "Change Icon"
5) Select the icon you wish to use
6) Click "OK"
7) Click "Close"
If you want to change for a single application you have create an application launcher. I use [install4j|http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/install4j/overview.html] from ej-technologies.
;-)

Desktop icons substitute screenlet

Hi, I am looking for a screenlet that would substitute desktop icons since I have gnome desktop drawing turned off and compiz is drawing the wallpaper for me. It draws different wallpaper for each workspace. The launcher screenlet doesn't work for me because every time I press it and then close the application it shows another launcher screenlet and that's weird. I've tried the show folder screenlet but it couldn't add application launchers... Thanks
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From a recent article in MacFixit:
Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately -- aside from the effect of disarray it creates -- keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks.
As such, keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost -- particularly for the Finder.

HT4530 Stubborn desktop icons

I have a "ghost" desktop icon that's messing with everything else on the desktop ever since it popped up. There are 2 copies of the same icon - one of which shows up on top of whatever browser window I open...almost like it's on a different layer from the others. This icon and its copy cannot be deleted so I assume they're hidden files but don't know how to get rid of them. It's also messed up the paths on all of my other icons. Nothing else can be moved or deleted, and whenever I click on an icon, it opens up a different document on the desktop. Anyone ever have this bizarre issue before? What do you suggest?

From a recent article in MacFixit:
Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately -- aside from the effect of disarray it creates -- keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks.
As such, keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost -- particularly for the Finder.

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