Hi Stephen You can have it sitting anywhere you want really, or not at all. If you don't want it showing on the Dekstop you can turn this feature off. in Finder - go to Finder menu then Preferences. Under General, "show these items on the desktop",…un-tick Hard Disks and the "Macintosh HD" won't be there anymore. You can actually have it showing in the Sidebar if you want as well. Same Preference setting under "Sidebar". Tick on "Hard disks". It will appear. So you can have it in either, both, or neither,…or any mixture of those ;)
Hope that helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 5 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. On 14/09/2014, at 5:23 PM, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Ever since I have used a Mac the Hard Drive icon has sat in the top right of > my screen. > Recently I began to wonder if it needs to be there. > I have recently noticed other iMacs that do not have the HD icon on the > desktop. > This might sound odd, but I have just always assumed it has to be there. > > However being a user who likes a very tidy screen, I now wonder about this. > Can it be moved elsewhere without the risk of deleting my hard drive ? > > I notice that it does NOT appear in the Finder Sidebar. > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > Mac by choice > Windows because my employer knew no better > > > > > -- 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>
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