Oh man! So the desktop folder represents the desktop and everything what is on it? Means: everytime I want to put somthing "into the desktop folder" I simply place a file or whatever onto the desktop itself? No wonder I didn't understand that: far to easy. Thanks Matze On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:49:36 -0600 Michael Slavin wrote: >The Desktop folder is that entity on each Mac hard drive that contains >the items placed on your Mac desktop. If you click on the Desktop and >type the name fast enough you should be able to select the file you >created. If you open the hard drive, the desktop folder should be >invisible, but if you put an alias of the drive in your Apple menu, it >shows up in the list. If you unmount the volume (drag the drive to the >trash) all items on the desktop of that volume vanish. Some applications, >I think, see it as a folder and some do not. If your system resources are >getting tired, sometimes the file doesn't actually appear on the desktop >for a while; I find that rather disconcerting. HTH. >-m > >quoth Christian Matzerath (matze@UUMAIL.DE) on 1/15/01 8:04 AM: > >>When I tried to save the stationery in the desktop >>folder I couldn't find it, but sherlock finds it!! And it >>also finds the Mailstationery which is put into this >>folder, but still I can't see it in the finder... and if I >>create a new folder called "Desktop Folder" the system >>says that this folder is for system use only. > > >Michael Slavin /o\~/o\~/o\~/o\ Bx 553 Baldwin City, KS 66006-0553 >theWebster *** electronic internet publishing and graphic services ><http://theWebster.com> (everywhere) > >fax 785 594-4193 ICQ# 34589295
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