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Show or hide storage drives on the desktop or Finder

Show or hide storage drives on the desktop or Finder - Mac OS Tutorial

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Show or hide storage drives on the desktop or Finder

- [Instructor] You should decide whether you want storage drives visible on your desktop. storage drives visible on your desktop. Maybe you want to keep your desktop completely clear or maybe you do want to see drives but they're not there now. but they're not there now. Make sure Finder is active. Make sure Finder is active. If there is another application open If there is another application open, you can click anywhere on the desktop you can click anywhere on the desktop to make Finder active. to make Finder active. Go into the Finder application menu Go into the Finder application menu and go to preferences. and go to preferences. and go to preferences. We should start in the general tab. We should start in the general tab. Decide which items you want to see on the desktop. Decide which items you want to see on the desktop. Turn off hard disks to hide your system drive. Turn off hard disks to hide your system drive. Disable external disks to hide…

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