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Im still very new to this mbp. Does anyone know if there is a setting that will stop documents from automatically being saved to the Desk top? My desk top is cluttered.
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Nothing should be automatically saving to your desktop.

The next time you go to save something, try doing a "Save As" and choosing your Documents folder. I wonder if it's just a case of your applications defaulting to the last save location, which happened to be the desktop - and out of habit, you're just clicking "Save" without specifying the directory.

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Thank you for your reply as this is a mystery. In the last month that I have had my mbp I have "saved as" many times. I have never "saved as" to the desk top. Yet, files continue to be saved to the desktop. I have looked all over for some kind of preference setting. Thanks for any help you might have to offer.
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Which files are being saved to your desktop? Can you identify the program or programs that they originated from?
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There's a black arrowhead in the blue box next to the name of the file in the SaveAs dialog window. If it's pointing down, what does it say on the Where: line? Now click the arrowhead to make it point up. This will expand the options in the dialog box, and allow you to navigate around in your folders.
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Thank you toMACsh, Your reply might be the answer the the saving to the desktop problem. little silver
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