Hi Barry, I suggest grandkids be supervised when using your iMac, or taught NOT to fiddle and change any settings. Or Create a User Account for them with Parental Controls.
I have had to fix many serious problems that kids have created on clients Macs. My grandkids were taught in very early years to respect a computer, that it is not a toy. Sure they can do real fun things on a Mac, but they must not change any settings or fiddle with things they don't understand. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 07/02/2013, at 6:27 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > Many thanks again Ronni I should have thought of that myself. I think my > recent stay in RPH has turned my brain to mush! > > Cheers > > Barry > > > iMac 10,1 > Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz > 12GB RAM > 1.0 TB HD > OS X 10.7.5 > > On 07/02/2013, at 6:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: > >> Many thanks Ronni >> >> That worked BUT. the icon is now that of the first of my home folders. I >> can live with that but it seems odd that now behaves like any other folder >> on the dock. In Finder side bar the hard drive icon has disappeared >> although it does appear on the desktop, all the external drives appear but >> not the Macintosh HD >> >> Cheers >> >> Barry >> >> iMac 10,1 >> Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz >> 12GB RAM >> 1.0 TB HD >> OS X 10.7.5 >> >> >> On 07/02/2013, at 5:37 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Barry, >>> >>> Is you Home Folder showing in the Finder Sidebar? That is just an Alias in >>> the Sidebar. >>> You need to: >>> 1. In the Finder, click the icon for your Hard Drive. >>> (Unless you’ve renamed it, it’s probably called Macintosh HD.) >>> >>> 2. Open the Users folder. >>> >>> 3. Then drag your Home Folder from the Users folder onto the Dock (first >>> spot to the right of the divider) and release the mouse button. >>> >>> If you hover your cursor over the dock you will see the divider symbol >>> (white vertical line with arrow top & bottom) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 07/02/2013, at 4:50 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> G'Day all >>>> >>>> I am sure I am missing something very obvious >>>> I have been away for a short time and one of my Grand-children has had >>>> access to the computer although there is no proof they have caused the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> The icon for my home folder (the house symbol) has disappeared from the >>>> dock. How do I restore it? I have tried various things with no avail, >>>> I presume it is a default icon as I have never placed it there so it >>>> probably behaves differently to other folders. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Barry >>>> >>>> iMac 10,1 >>>> Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz >>>> 12GB RAM >>>> 1.0 TB HD >>>> OS X 10.7.5 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
