Mac 101: Stop drives from showing on desktop

Some people hate having any icons showing on their desktop. If you are one of those people, then you might not want icons showing for attached disks, hard drives, or iPods. Here's how to get rid of these annoying icons.

Open Finder preferences by clicking "Finder" in the menu bar and selecting preferences (or by pressing command + , while in a Finder window or first clicking on the desktop). Once there, click the General tab. Under the "Show these items on the Desktop:" area, use the check-boxes to select which items you want/don't want to show on the desktop.

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