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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / October 2008HD icon not showing
Dear All A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could ask for and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder preference being set to do so, his main disk, the Macintosh HD icon won't show on the Desktop. All the other disks do, and he can easily get to the contents of the HD via navigation dialogues etc. It just doesn't show on the Desktop. I'm going to suggest a Repair Permission run in Disk Utility, but any other ideas? TIA  Signatureregards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) Believe me, my young friend (said the water rat, solemnly), there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing about. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away or whether you don't, whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular. >A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could ask for >and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder preference being set [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I'm going to suggest a Repair Permission run in Disk Utility, but any other >ideas? Has he checked by browsing to the Desktop in Finder, in case the icon has something daft like gotten hidden off the screen? Has he tried setting Finder prefs to not show Hard Drives, then show? Cheers - Jaimie SignatureRemember, "persistence" is just a euphemism for "serial failure" -- Tim Dawson >> A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could ask for >> and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder preference being set [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Has he checked by browsing to the Desktop in Finder, in case the icon > has something daft like gotten hidden off the screen? That seems much more likely to be the problem. Would switching screen resolution twice fix it? > Has he tried setting Finder prefs to not show Hard Drives, then show? Also worth a shot. I wouldn't bother repairing permissions. SignatureChris >>> A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could ask for >>> and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder preference being set [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >That seems much more likely to be the problem. Would switching screen >resolution twice fix it? It would in Windows... I've never managed to lose an icon on a Mac. >> Has he tried setting Finder prefs to not show Hard Drives, then show? > >Also worth a shot. I wouldn't bother repairing permissions. Wave the voodoo chicken, man! It makes people happy. Cheers - Jaimie Signature"If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid tripping your hair-trigger insecurities." - D M Procida, UCSM > >That seems much more likely to be the problem. Would switching screen > >resolution twice fix it? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Wave the voodoo chicken, man! It makes people happy. I've had similar things happen when switching between one and two monitors. Usually a change of res and back does the trick. Occasionally I have seen icons get hidden behind others too - this happens after playing games that change the resolution. It might just be worth moving each icon on turn and seeing of that's the case here. You could also just try a 'Clean Up' in the View menu. SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> > You could also just try a 'Clean Up' in the View menu. Yes, that was my first thought, too. SignatureCheers Martin >> That seems much more likely to be the problem. Would switching screen >> resolution twice fix it? > > It would in Windows... I've never managed to lose an icon on a Mac. I've seen "funnies" when using parental controls, and when running a game which switches res (hence my suggestion above) but otherwise they're tough to lose. >> Also worth a shot. I wouldn't bother repairing permissions. > > Wave the voodoo chicken, man! It makes people happy. He must be due extra kudos from the client by *not* doing this, surely? SignatureChris > I've seen "funnies" when using parental controls, and when running a > game which switches res (hence my suggestion above) but otherwise [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > He must be due extra kudos from the client by *not* doing this, surely? Although turning up in a loincloth, warpaint, waving a rubber chicken and _fixing the problem_ can also make an impression. Jim Signaturehttp://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "The more wrong a guy gets, the louder he yells at the person trying to help him. Which, inevitably, makes him even wronger. But less helped." Merlin Mann >> I've seen "funnies" when using parental controls, and when running a >> game which switches res (hence my suggestion above) but otherwise [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Although turning up in a loincloth, warpaint, waving a rubber chicken and > _fixing the problem_ can also make an impression. I thought that was your normal clothed state? SignatureChris > >> He must be due extra kudos from the client by *not* doing this, surely? > > > > Although turning up in a loincloth, warpaint, waving a rubber chicken and > > _fixing the problem_ can also make an impression. > > I thought that was your normal clothed state? Only for special customers. Jim Signature'Cloverfield' in nine words: "What is it?!" "We're gonna die!" BOOM! Roll credits. http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/greyareauk >>> That seems much more likely to be the problem. Would switching screen >>> resolution twice fix it? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > He must be due extra kudos from the client by *not* doing this, surely? Thanks - I do try not to do voodoo, chickens, goats, or bullshit. Mostly I succeed! Signatureregards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) Believe me, my young friend (said the water rat, solemnly), there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing about. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away or whether you don't, whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular. >>A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could ask for >>and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder preference being set [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Has he tried setting Finder prefs to not show Hard Drives, then show? Try another user as well. Perhaps applying a custom icon might work as well. Jim Signaturehttp://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "The more wrong a guy gets, the louder he yells at the person trying to help him. Which, inevitably, makes him even wronger. But less helped." Merlin Mann >Has he checked by browsing to the Desktop in Finder, in case the icon >has something daft like gotten hidden off the screen? Or try clicking in the background, typing (some of) "Macintosh HD", then pressing apple-O. If the icon is there somewhere, this should open it. -- Richard SignaturePlease remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind. >> Has he checked by browsing to the Desktop in Finder, in case the icon >> has something daft like gotten hidden off the screen? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -- Richard All EXCELLENT ideas (well, perhaps not the dressing up), will apply them and see what happens. I do so like the application of many minds to an issue - so many ideas turn up. Thanks Signatureregards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) Believe me, my young friend (said the water rat, solemnly), there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing about. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away or whether you don't, whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular. > A client has a MacPro tower with all the RAM and processors you could > ask for and an extra three internal HDs. BUT, despite the Finder > preference being set to do so, his main disk, the Macintosh HD icon > won't show on the Desktop. All the other disks do, and he can easily > get to the contents of the HD via navigation dialogues etc. It just > doesn't show on the Desktop. Have a look at the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist ...specifically beneath the key Root/FXDesktopVolumePositions Mine has a sub-key for each of the volumes that I have ever mounted. Beneath these keys are "AnchorRelativeTo" (apparently 1 = top right, 2 = bottom right, 3 = bottom left and 4 = top left), "ScreenID" (0 seems to be the main display), "xRelative" and "yRelative" keys. Hopefully that should give you some idea where the Finder thinks the icon has gone. If you edit the file, you need to kill the Finder to get it to pick up the changes. SignatureDrew |
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