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Advice on how to have a clean organized desktop?? HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="MacNewbie" data-source="post: 345130" data-attributes="member: 23576"><p>My desktop is so cluttered because i dont know where to put certain files after downloading them..</p><p></p><p>heres an example:</p><p></p><p>1.) i download firefox..</p><p></p><p>2.)</p><p>it leaves a ".dmg" file on my desktop</p><p></p><p>3.) after clicking on the dmg file i am prompted to drag an icon into my applications folder..ok done</p><p></p><p>4.) i am able to run firefox..and i have a copy of the file in my applications folder..</p><p></p><p></p><p>5.) HOWEVER i am now left with a little firefox icon (looks like a smooth white harddrive icon) on my desktop.....is there any way to get rid of this?</p><p></p><p>ive tried moving it to my trashbin and deleting it but it keeps puting itself back up on my desktop everytime i open the firefox program!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacNewbie, post: 345130, member: 23576"] My desktop is so cluttered because i dont know where to put certain files after downloading them.. heres an example: 1.) i download firefox.. 2.) it leaves a ".dmg" file on my desktop 3.) after clicking on the dmg file i am prompted to drag an icon into my applications folder..ok done 4.) i am able to run firefox..and i have a copy of the file in my applications folder.. 5.) HOWEVER i am now left with a little firefox icon (looks like a smooth white harddrive icon) on my desktop.....is there any way to get rid of this? ive tried moving it to my trashbin and deleting it but it keeps puting itself back up on my desktop everytime i open the firefox program! [/QUOTE]
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