So, your a neat freak and you want a clean desktop on your mac. Well, there are two ways you can do this. Since I’m a neat freak (only on my computer), I used the first method I’m going to mention of hiding all my drives on my desktop.
The first method is to hide all of your drives on your desktop. The way you do this is by going to your desktop or the finder, then clicking going to Finder>Preferences located in the context menu at the top right of your screen. In the General tab, uncheck the first 3 items - Hard Disks; CDs, DVDs, and iPods; and Connected servers. Now you might ask yourself, How do I go about accessing these items if they aren’t on my desktop. Well, 2 simple ways. 1) Go to your finder and they will show up in the left pane, or 2) use Quicksilver (my preferred method).
The second method is to download a little program called desktopple by FoggyNoggin Software. It is donationware so if you like, be sure to donate to the programmers who work hard on this excellent little software. This software will install a little icon in your system tray located at the top right of your screen. Just click the icon and choose Hide Desktop from the drop-down, its that simple.
Like I said, I prefer the first method, but if you want a simpler, more controllable approach, use method two.
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