my first gripe about OS X

Digger · Digger #1 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:16 PM

I click on the HDD icon and it pulls up the HDD window. if I mistakenly pull any of the icons from the left dock out and release them, there's a 'poof' and they're gone.
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'network' and 'photos' icons are gone, can I restore them? can I lock them down?

moss918 · moss918 #2 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:19 PM

Not sure about locking them down but you can find them with a spotlight search.

technologist · technologist #3 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:22 PM

Finder > Preferences
Click the "Sidebar" tab
Check off the items from the list that you want

For any other items (Like Pictures) just drag them into the sidebar.

visualpurple · visualpurple #4 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:24 PM

to get Network back, go to Finder>Preferences and tick Show Network

to get Pictures back, go to your user's Home folder, then drag the Pictures folder into the sidebar

edit: too late..

Digger · Digger #5 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visualpurple

to get Network back, go to Finder>Preferences and tick Show Network

to get Pictures back, go to your user's Home folder, then drag the Pictures folder into the sidebar

edit: too late..

where is the user's home folder located? if I run a spotlight search I get the pictures folder.

visualpurple · visualpurple #6 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:43 PM

Macintosh HD>Users>[your user name]

it's the one with the house icon in the sidebar

RiDE · RiDE #7 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:47 PM

See the post by Technologist above...

FINDER>>>Preferences>>>Sidebar>>> Tick the items you want to see in the Finder window (i.e. When you double-click the HDD icon)

Digger · Digger #8 (**permalink**)

03-11-2007, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visualpurple

Macintosh HD>Users>[your user name]

it's the one with the house icon in the sidebar

got it back, thanks to you and all who answered. the 'house icon' simplified it. learning OS X can be so simple and very frustrating at the same time.

Alexis · Alexis #9 (**permalink**)

03-12-2007, 05:49 AM

The 'puff' tells you you've dragged something out of the dock. Just drag and drop icons into the dock to keep it there, or drag out onto the desktop to get rid of it.

The icons in the dock are just shortcuts - you won't delete the program by removing the icon from the dock.

Simple!

Kilted1 · Kilted1 #10 (**permalink**)

03-12-2007, 06:34 AM

Just don't start moving your Home folder around too much..I did that. I lost all my pictures, my Keychains, my Music too. Luckily I had it all all backed up.

mikeylee · mikeylee #11 (**permalink**)

03-13-2007, 10:07 AM

Digger,
I am also fairly new to OS X and sometimes find it frustrating. But, by far the best piece of advice I got from a forum was "Remember, it isn't XP!" It got me through a lot of "but in XP I would do it like this" and "What just happened" moments.
Mikeylee
(originally posted on 03-13-07 @ 0706, appears on the thread......)

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Digger #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 15, 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 107	03-11-2007, 10:16 PM I click on the HDD icon and it pulls up the HDD window. if I mistakenly pull any of the icons from the left dock out and release them, there's a 'poof' and they're gone. ' 'network' and 'photos' icons are gone, can I restore them? can I lock them down?
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moss918 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: UK Posts: 709 Mac Specs: iMac 2.93C2D 4GB	03-11-2007, 10:19 PM Not sure about locking them down but you can find them with a spotlight search.
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visualpurple #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 265	03-11-2007, 10:24 PM to get Network back, go to Finder>Preferences and tick Show Network to get Pictures back, go to your user's Home folder, then drag the Pictures folder into the sidebar edit: too late..
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visualpurple #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 265	03-11-2007, 10:43 PM Macintosh HD>Users>[your user name] it's the one with the house icon in the sidebar
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RiDE #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas! Posts: 3,558 Mac Specs: Mac's	03-11-2007, 10:47 PM See the post by Technologist above... FINDER>>>Preferences>>>Sidebar>>> Tick the items you want to see in the Finder window (i.e. When you double-click the HDD icon)
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Alexis #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2,255 Mac Specs: Al iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo	03-12-2007, 05:49 AM The 'puff' tells you you've dragged something out of the dock. Just drag and drop icons into the dock to keep it there, or drag out onto the desktop to get rid of it. The icons in the dock are just shortcuts - you won't delete the program by removing the icon from the dock. Simple!
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Kilted1 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 22, 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 1,133 Mac Specs: 2 iMacs 17+20" 2.16GHz 2GB RAM 500MB HDD 256MB Graphic card. 60Gig 5th gen iPod with Video	03-12-2007, 06:34 AM Just don't start moving your Home folder around too much..I did that. I lost all my pictures, my Keychains, my Music too. Luckily I had it all all backed up.
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mikeylee #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 20, 2006 Posts: 45	03-13-2007, 10:07 AM Digger, I am also fairly new to OS X and sometimes find it frustrating. But, by far the best piece of advice I got from a forum was "Remember, it isn't XP!" It got me through a lot of "but in XP I would do it like this" and "What just happened" moments. Mikeylee (originally posted on 03-13-07 @ 0706, appears on the thread......)
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