Well blow me down !! I cannot believe that I have just left that as it is for about 20 years of using Macs. Thank Daniel.
On 14 Sep 2014, at 5:28 pm, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > -- 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> Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better
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