What happens if someone puts all their files on the desktop

What happens if someone puts all their files on their desktop (i.e. iMac Intel)?

They get a very cluttered desk-top and find it very difficult to find anything.

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    WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.
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    Not if you change the ID.  You would need to give them the new address.

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    Hello Guys.
    I had problems in the Computer before and changed my HD. I saved in my all files documents in (Time Capsule). How can I put all my files, pictures documents on my new HD?
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    Hey
    Thank you very much for replay.
    Would you explain to me how can I do?
    I don't really understand these processes.
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    I have a Windows 7 laptop using I tunes 64 and all my music files are
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    (including the music files) from one external disc to another without
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    attempted to use I tunes, every selected a song from the library resulted in a
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    problems that need to be corrected. 1) Every song file now has a duplicate. One
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    So am I understanding correctly?
    You used your iPod as a hard drive (drag and drop) instead of having iTunes install the music?
    If you used drag and drop your choices are different than if you used iTunes to transfer.
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  • HT1689 what happens of someone stole my ipod is there anyway to get another one besides buying a whole new one

    What happens of someone stole my ipod is there anyway to get another one besides buying a whole new one? Does anyone know? And why does it have to be connected to the internet for it to locate my apple devices? There should be a locating chip in it already. Better ideas here..

    You'll have to buy a new one, unless it is covered in some kind of insurance that you have.
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    If i put all my files on drive C which has the os and do a one key recovery, will i lose my files? considering that drive C the the partition which has the os and the drive D has the lenovo drive which has all the lenovo drivers and all those. Will i lose my files?
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    Go to Solution.

    Never never put your documents in the C drive.
    Many things can go wrong, and whenevr you have to reinstall os, your files would be gone! Take some pain now and partition the drive now, or you will feel helpless when your c drive is removed by failure of os or some **bleep** virus.
    Simple solution: partition the C drive.
    Step 1: download G-Parted software
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    Step 4: then REDUCE THE SIZE of c drive.
    Step 5: suppose you reduced by 100 GB, then divide that 100 gb into other drive. PUT your files here.
    WARNING: I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING BACKUP OF C DRIVE , AND THEN REDUCING ITS SIZE, INCASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
    You can search in internet about partition and gparted.
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  • What happens if i erase all content and settings?

    I want to restore my iphone again on itunes, what happens of i erase all content and settings?

    Erasing all content and settings will set your iPhone up just as if you took it out of the box software-wise.  It will go into setup mode - ask you for a WiFi network to join, ask for your Apple ID, set up the telephone, and then ask if you would like to set up as new or restore from a backup.

  • Lion: What happened to "Dont Replace" when copying files?

    Lion: What happened to "Dont Replace" when copying files?
    That is such a MANDATORY option when copying files.
    Ex: I want to copy my TV shows to a directory. Half of the TV shows are already in that directory. If I select REPLACE, then I have to WAIT for the duplicate files to overwrite. If I select KEEP BOTH, I end up with copies and it takes the same amount of time.
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    Apple removed it and the users here can't tell you why. Your best option is to send Apple feedback.

  • HT5787 what happens when someone sell second iphone and does not give you the correct password

    what happens when someone sell second iphone and does not give you

    If you are talking about activation lock you are out of luck. Without that information you cannot activate the device and have just lost your money. Unless you can find the person and get your money back.

  • My iMac all of the sudden started going in and out of the dashboard, then started changing all files on the desktop to 2's. It also did this when having another window open. Do I have a virus?

    My iMac all of the sudden started going in and out of the dashboard, then started changing all files on the desktop to 2's. It also did this when having another window open. Do I have a virus?

    There are no viruses that can affect Apple OS X.
    What files do you keep on the Desktop? How many?
    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

  • Please help me on this, what happened was that i connected my ipad to the computer and the itunes library was empty although a week ago i had 48 apps on the itunes library

    please help me on this, what happened was that i connected my ipad to the computer and the itunes library was empty although a week ago i had 48 apps on the itunes library

    see my main ques was that i have an ipad 2 in which i have 48 apps and i hv made an itunes account in my computer in which i can backup my purchased apps and i had backed up36 of them so that i can delete them from my ipad if the memory is full but recently when i opened my itunes account in the computer it tells that you dont have any app on this account whereas on my ipad i still do have them, so cant i get all my backed up apps on the itunes account on my computer again?

  • When I open an html file from the desktop all I see is source code rather than webpage.

    I have tried clearing the cache and reading other questions similar. I have a mac and am opening these files from the desktop, not a server or anything so It's incredibly annoying that firefox wont open them as html files even though that is what they are saved as. Also there is no .txt after them. They are purely .html files.

    Try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
    Firefox 16.0.2 is the last version that works on an Intel Mac with the OS X 10.5 operating system.
    * https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/16.0.2/mac/
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