Where are my desktop icons going?

Everyone once in a while, usually after long battery use, my desktop icons disappear. The only way to get them back is to restart. Anyone experience this? I'm running 10.6.2 with all updates.

I get that sometimes when moving moving my MacBook from work (where I use an external display in addition to the built-in display) to home (built-in display only). I think Finder misses the display change event, and still thinks that I'm using both displays.
Relaunching Finder fixes it. Option-Control-Click on Finder in the Dock, and select Relaunch. Not perfect, but not as big as restarting the OS.

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like the harddrive. the one that usually pops up in the upper right hand corner and says "Macintosh" along the bottom?

Click onto the Desktop, select Preferences from the Finder menu. Click on the General icon in the toolbar. Check the boxes for the items you want displayed. Click on the Sidebar icon in the toolbar and configure what is displayed in the sidebar.

Where are the toolbar icons located on a mac

I want to find out where the toolbar icons are found in the OSX.
The ones that I am refereing to are those found in finder windows at the top, that show things like the quickview icon etc.
I want to be able to make my own for scripts that I want to place in the bar, so if anyone knows where I can download a template etc I would be very grateful
Many Thanks
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You create an alias in the top bar of the Finder window simply by dragging the source file onto the middle area of the bar. What you'll get for a script file I'm not sure, but if it's not to your taste it should be possible to change the icon of the source file in the 'get info' window and then re-drag it to the toolbar.
To remove items from there, you need to hold down the command key (⌘) while dragging to the desktop (same goes for sidebar).

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i have personal photos landed in APPLE > nature
when i right click on desktop pictures
where are these located
thanks

Go to Mac HD > Library > Desktop pictures.

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I opened it up to find no icons whatsoever on my desktop. Everything is there...there are just ZERO icons. Does anyone know what might have happened?

No, that is not helping. It seems that all of my icons have disappeared completely. One minute they were there, now they are gone. All of the files are still in my computer and I can access them other ways, but nothing at all is on my desktop and I cannot place anything or drag and drop anything onto the desktop at all. Maybe this information will help in the diagnosis?

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Hello.
I know someone who created a form in Acrobat software and has chosen to distribute the software in acrobat.com. What she did was the sent out emails where people has open access to the file and but once the form has been completed, she sometimes received the response in her response PDF file in her desktop but most of the time she doesn't. People who submitted the form has been informed that their "response has been submitted" but she doesn't receive a response. Is there anyway to retreive all the response files that are shared through acrobat.com individually? Where in acrobat.com are the responses stored and how can she retreive them?
Many thanks and more power to acrobat.com development team.

Hello,
Thank you for your post. Any chance you could have your friend send us some additional information? We'd need to know her acrobat.com account name as well as what document is causing the trouble...
Kind Regards,
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Hi guys,
Can anyone tell me where I can find the standard icons 'display', 'change', 'delete', 'create' in screen painter se41 when I create a screen?
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HI
Can anyone tell me where I can find the standard icons 'display', 'change', 'delete', 'create' in screen painter se41 when I create a screen?
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Where are Aperture Library icons stored?

After installation of Mountain Lion, all Aperture libraries have lost their icons. They are completely blank (clicking where they should be does nothing). Clicking a library name shows a gray area where the icon should be. Get Info shows the icon is blank. I found the Aperture library icon in the contents of the Aperture application so if that is where the icon is stored for libraries, it is not being used. I can paste iPhoto library icons in each of my Aperture libraries but it would be better if the libraries had their own icons back. A newly created library also does not have an icon.

The Aperture Libraries use a generic icon created by the Finder. This icon depends on the kind of the library and is not stored in the Aperture library package. But if you set a custom icon, you will see a file called "Icon?", when you browse the Aperture Library package from the Terminal, for example:
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ls -aix ~/Pictures/_ApertureTestLibraries/Leuchttuerme.aplibrary
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5451826..
769262 Aperture.aplib
9311240 ApertureData.xml
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769266 Database
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5445085 Library.iPhoto
5445087 Library6.iPhoto
772296 Masks
772297 Masters   .............
Sometimes the icon will not show, if the custom icon file has the wrong permissions. Then the icon should show again, if you delete the "Icon" file, for example:
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did reset the icon to the default icon.
To enter the path to the icon file, only type "Ico" and then the tab key for command completion. The filename contains special characters, as you can see by the ^M in the example above.
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I have already looked in Program Files-Mozilla Firefox. There appear to be no icon files! I just need to know the file location.

Surry wrote:
i need to delete one of the software updates for my ipod touch but i dont no were it is located.
please help me!!!!!!!
The .ipsw files for iPod firmware updates are located at:
C:\Documents and Settings\(account name)\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates
The filenames are a bit cryptic, but you can make out the version.

Where are the desktop & screensaver files stored?

One of my apples is running Mac OS 10.5.8. In its choice of desktop scene from "Nature", there is a beautiful "Golden Palace." I like the picture very much and want to use it for other Apple computer, which do not have the picture. Where can I locate the picture and copy it to other Mac computers?
Thank you very much.
Robert

Look in
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Hi all. im new to osx and mac (like 2 weeks in) and really like it so far.
I really like the folder icons with the stamped icon on them, like the downloads folder with the stamped down arrow, and the applications folder with the stamped A.
Ive created a folder for my Work files which i'd like to add a custom icon too. i know how to change the icon, but id like to see what other 'stamped folder' icons are available in the osx iconset so i can change it to one of those for consistency sake.
Anyone know how?
Thanks

The commands baltwo gave you will show all hidden files, as will TinkerTool, which you REALLY don't want to do! There is an enormous amount of visual clutter that will appear.
A new command appeared in Leopard, I think, which made it possible to easily change the hidden bit for any file or folder, without need of the specialized commands from Developer tools. IF the hidden bit is the only problem this will fix it:
sudo chflags nohidden /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle
Just copy the above and paste into the command prompt in Terminal, press Return, then type your admin password (it isn't echoed to the monitor in any way, so type carefully) and press Return again. The CoreTypes.bundle should then reappear.
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I have pretty basic work e-mail service using POP3 servers. I have my Pre configured to leave e-mails on the server so they can all be downloaded to my office desktop.
I just noticed that when I have read an e-mail on my Pre but choose to save it by just leaving it in my inbox, the e-mail automatically disappears (as in not even in the trash folder) once the e-mail is downloaded on my desktop (and thus removed from the POP3 mail server) and I then next get e-mail on my Pre. It seems that if the message is no longer on the server, the Pre just deletes it from the phone.
Curiously, this does not happen with e-mails in the trash folder, which must annoyingly be deleted one at a time.
Is there some way to solve at least this situation? I like to keep some old e-mails in my inbox on my Pre as reminders of tasks I need to complete. If they're going to self-delete, however, this obviously won't work.
I really can't believe the enormous step backward I have taken by "upgrading" from a Treo to a Pre! Very disappointing, to say the least.
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If it does you may need to Partial/Full erase the device.
Reset and Partial/Full erase for Pre
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/23197_en.html

Where are my original icons?

how can i find the original icons

Hi
The natively installed icons on your Mac are located in various folders in your systems folders and are not in one easy location, nor easily usable for that matter.
What do you want to do?
regard roam

Where are my CAN icons? Installed LV7.1 and they disappeared.

I have since re-installed CAN (v2.2) with LV7.1 support, and the icons are still not there.
Any clues? Both the menus and vi.lib subdirectories have NICAN sub-folders.
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Mike Evans
Mike Evans
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Thanks DHuff - spot on.
Having only just installed v7.1, I'm obviously still finding my way around!
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Mike
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TRW Conekt
N.I. Alliance Member, UK
http://www.Conekt.net

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