OS 10.6 - Why aren't my drives on the desktop?

vicariousgeorge · vicariousgeorge #1 (**permalink**)

08-30-2009, 11:59 PM

After installing SL, I noticed a weird thing:

Both of my firewire drives show up, but my "Macintosh HD" is nowhere to be found on my desktop.

Did they get rid of this in SL? (I can still see it in the sidebar in Finder).

***EDIT***

I just found out that "hard disks" was unchecked in the Finder preferences window. (Maybe that is the new default??)

True Bassist · True Bassist #2 (**permalink**)

08-31-2009, 04:56 AM

Yea this is the new default in SL. I was panicking a bit when my HD wasn't showing up but just needed to check the box in the Preferences window.

louishen · louishen #3 (**permalink**)

08-31-2009, 05:05 AM

You can get the drive icons back in Finder > preferences > General tab

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vicariousgeorge #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 12, 2007 Posts: 68 Mac Specs: 13" Macbook 2.0GHz, Airport Extreme, 3G iPod Nano	08-30-2009, 11:59 PM After installing SL, I noticed a weird thing: Both of my firewire drives show up, but my "Macintosh HD" is nowhere to be found on my desktop. Did they get rid of this in SL? (I can still see it in the sidebar in Finder). *EDIT* I just found out that "hard disks" was unchecked in the Finder preferences window. (Maybe that is the new default??)
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True Bassist #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 30, 2008 Location: Burgess Hill/UK Posts: 664 Mac Specs: MBP/2.53GHz i5/4GB RAM/500GB HDD/15" LED Screen/Intel HD Graphics & NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	08-31-2009, 04:56 AM Yea this is the new default in SL. I was panicking a bit when my HD wasn't showing up but just needed to check the box in the Preferences window.
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