Bring 'My Computer' to Mac OS X's desktop

Erica just touched on Mac OS X's ability to selectively hide drives form the desktop via the Finder's preferences, but what if you still want access to those drives? Maybe you're a neat freak when it comes to your desktop, or maybe you're a recent Windows switcher who misses the comforts of My Computer. Either way, an app simply called My Computer might very well do the trick for you, as it really lives up to its name. Included with the app are some brief instructions that basically parallel Erica's post, teaching you how to use the Finder's preferences to remove your drives from the desktop. After that you can simply move My Computer.app into place (which really doesn't do much more than using cmd-shift-c to get to the same display of drives) and enjoy your home away from home, or simply what some might consider a cleaner desktop. While the choice for the app icon is a bit outdated, that can be rectified with a simple Get Info command (cmd-i) on the icon and choosing something new, perhaps from the endless archives at The Iconfactory.

View Tags

Source: http://www.irctunes.co.nr/mycomputer

Categories

OS Software Productivity Mods

Erica just touched on Mac OS X's ability to selectively hide drives form the desktop via the Finder's preferences, but what if you still...

Add a Comment

Sign in »

22 Comments

Filter by:

VanillaSpice

Tomovich, in the Finder, go to the View menu, select Show View Options, and turn on Show item info.

May 02 2007 at 9:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

clayton D.

Does anyone know where He got the Macintosh HD icon from? I want it so bad

May 02 2007 at 1:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tomovich

How do you get to see the resolution under a icon like on the picture shown above (picture3.png)?

May 01 2007 at 9:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

VanillaSpice

crsp, the unfriendliness only comes from the haters. Before they came, the comments were very friendly and informative. Once the haters leave (please let it be soon), the comments will again be mostly friendly and informative.

pathetik, what exactly are you criticising Erica for? This article was written by David! Has Erica-bashing really reached the farcical level of criticising her for other people's writing?

April 30 2007 at 10:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

crsp

Gosh, first time I read the comments. I'm used to friendlier blogs. I thought I'd post some constructive criticism. I disabled drive icons on my desktop, but set my default Finder window (Finder Preferences) to "Computer". Why use a new app when you can just click on the Finder icon in the dock and have the same effect?

April 30 2007 at 2:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ondra Soukup

Creepy...and stupid, useless and sooooo windows :D

April 30 2007 at 1:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Suresh Kumar

... next they be asking for a start button!

April 30 2007 at 1:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pathetik

""thank goodness for this. all i need now is a Start menu. and a registry that gets corrupted. and DOS. and viruses and spyware. and regular crashes. then i'll truly feel at home on a Mac.""

stainboy you crack me UP !!! LOL !!!

Erica this IS not a good WAY to go @ it...

And for the love of God "Cleardock" people... "Cleardock"
Apple should intergrate this in Leopard

Thanks and have a hardcore day (or night) whenever or if you are reading this comment ;)

April 30 2007 at 1:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

thillsman

I'm impressed by the 91 new Gmail messages.

April 30 2007 at 11:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam

As someone with eight drive icons on my desktop when I'm attached to my firewire storage, I can see how this is useful. However, I would not be calling it "My Computer".

April 30 2007 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply