Desktop

charlyne13 · charlyne13 #1 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 12:38 PM

Desktop in Finder opening iPhoto. Please help.
Am unable to put iPhoto icon on desktop because of this. Had trouble with iPhoto prior to this happening

toMACsh · toMACsh #2 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by charlyne13

Desktop in Finder opening iPhoto.

What does that mean? too cryptic

charlyne13 · charlyne13 #3 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 01:20 PM

i have an iMac. For some unapparent reason, desktop app, found in Finder now opens iPhoto rather than showing what is on the desktop. I noticed another thread below mine with the same problem. Would follow the info, but have no idea how to change administrator without messing things up.

toMACsh · toMACsh #4 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 09:04 PM

Sorry, I'm not going to be able to help. I'm not aware of an Application called Desktop. If there is such a thing, Spotlight didn't find it. (No surprise there.) There certainly are other threads on how to change the administrator. Just use the Search feature.

charlyne13 · charlyne13 #5 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 10:00 PM

You are right, there is no application called Desktop. However when I look in Finder, under Places, which is where Desktop is, I have issues. When I try to open Desktop, a popup comes up which states: "There is no application set to open the document “Desktop”. Could someone please help.

chscag · chscag #6 (**permalink**)

11-29-2011, 10:15 PM

How about telling us which version of OS X you're running and then some information about your Mac: Year, Model.

The "Desktop" is not an application, it's a place. It sounds like you have something named "desktop" either in your applications folder or documents folder. Or was accidentally dragged to the sidebar.

france_54 · france_54 #7 (**permalink**)

11-30-2011, 03:37 AM

This is so cryptic I think we need Magnum PI on the case, *1 i have to agree with chscag, it sounds very much like you have some how name a misc. file or such as desktop.

Perhaps a screen shot or two of each stage might clear up the confusion!

charlyne13 · charlyne13 #8 (**permalink**)

11-30-2011, 09:28 PM

I have an iMac, just over a year old and am running Snow Leopard.
Screen shot 2011-11-30 at 6.20.00 PM.jpg
Screen shot 2011-11-30 at 6.23.20 PM.jpg

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charlyne13 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2011 Posts: 4	11-29-2011, 12:38 PM Desktop in Finder opening iPhoto. Please help. Am unable to put iPhoto icon on desktop because of this. Had trouble with iPhoto prior to this happening
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toMACsh #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,862 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	11-29-2011, 09:04 PM Sorry, I'm not going to be able to help. I'm not aware of an Application called Desktop. If there is such a thing, Spotlight didn't find it. (No surprise there.) There certainly are other threads on how to change the administrator. Just use the Search feature.
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charlyne13 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2011 Posts: 4	11-29-2011, 10:00 PM You are right, there is no application called Desktop. However when I look in Finder, under Places, which is where Desktop is, I have issues. When I try to open Desktop, a popup comes up which states: "There is no application set to open the document “Desktop”. Could someone please help.
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france_54 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 02, 2008 Posts: 20 Mac Specs: 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 6GB 800MHz Ram, 1Tb, OSX 10.5.8	11-30-2011, 03:37 AM This is so cryptic I think we need Magnum PI on the case, *1 i have to agree with chscag, it sounds very much like you have some how name a misc. file or such as desktop. Perhaps a screen shot or two of each stage might clear up the confusion!
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charlyne13 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2011 Posts: 4	11-30-2011, 09:28 PM I have an iMac, just over a year old and am running Snow Leopard. Screen shot 2011-11-30 at 6.20.00 PM.jpg Screen shot 2011-11-30 at 6.23.20 PM.jpg
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