Mac OS X: invisible folders

by BGRinsa - 2/13/09 5:18 AM

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invisible folders

by BGRinsa - 2/13/09 5:18 AM

hi
i hope some one can advise
every time i save something to or drag something to my leopard desktop the little image doesnt appear. the file or app does however appear in the desktop folder in places in finder. any ideas???

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Dragging from where?

by mrmacfixit

- 2/13/09 1:33 PM In reply to: invisible folders by BGRinsa

Do you mean from inside your computer, like folder to desktop
or
Do you mean from some external source?

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invisible folders

by BGRinsa - 2/14/09 5:24 AM In reply to: Dragging from where? by mrmacfixit

from internal sources inc saving spreadsheets and documents to desktop and program icons

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Those icons

by mrmacfixit

- 2/14/09 6:04 AM In reply to: invisible folders by BGRinsa

Does this happen with everything that you try to drag onto the desktop?

Remember that a cluttered desktop will effectively slow down your computer as OS X treats each icon on the desktop as an open window.
Life is so much easier if your Applications life in the Applications folder and your documents in the Documents folder.
Drag applications from the Applications folder, into the dock to create an alias (shortcut) to launch the program.
Put your documents folder in the dock, instant access to all your stuff.

Back in the day, before OS X, we would rebuild the desktop to restore missing icons, but that only worked for those occasions that the icons had reverted to a generic one.

Do you have Spaces activated. Check in System preferences for this.

Try repairing permissions: Go to Disk Utility, click the First Aid tab, choose your disk in the LH window and then click the Repair Permissions button at the bottom of the RH window.

Try some drag and drop and see what happens.

Let us know

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