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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1712000" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Hopefully someone in the brain trust can confirm what I am about to say/correct any errors.</p><p></p><p>In the early days of the Mac OS the Desktop was actually a folder, At one point I think folders were limited to 51 items unless some of them were in folders. My guess is that most of the problems people had with storing files on the Desktop were the result of:</p><p></p><p>1. Mousing errors made by the human</p><p>2. As the number of items on the Desktop approached the limit for folders things got a little "wonky" and all kinds of weird behavior could occur. </p><p></p><p>I've currently got about 45 - 50 items on the Desktop and they've been there for quite a while. No issues so far but I do go through and clean up / remove items periodically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1712000, member: 131855"] Hopefully someone in the brain trust can confirm what I am about to say/correct any errors. In the early days of the Mac OS the Desktop was actually a folder, At one point I think folders were limited to 51 items unless some of them were in folders. My guess is that most of the problems people had with storing files on the Desktop were the result of: 1. Mousing errors made by the human 2. As the number of items on the Desktop approached the limit for folders things got a little "wonky" and all kinds of weird behavior could occur. I've currently got about 45 - 50 items on the Desktop and they've been there for quite a while. No issues so far but I do go through and clean up / remove items periodically. [/QUOTE]
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