desk top question

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.

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.

desktop question

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.

Which files are being saved to your desktop? Can you identify the program or programs that they originated from?

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.

desktop question

Thank you toMACsh, Your reply might be the answer the the saving to the desktop problem. little silver