Hi All,
Another little Applescript app I wrote up to hide Desktop Icons.
Useful prior to doing screenshots or before demos or presentations
Just copy & paste into Applescript Editor and Save As an Application or whatever
Enjoy
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— Hide Desktop Icons
— Author: Matt Dee
— Created: July 25, 2012
— Contact: oramatt.wordpress.com
— Display Dialog
display dialog "Hide Desktop Icons?" buttons {"Hide", "Show", "Cancel"} with icon stop default button 1
set userChoice to button returned of result
if userChoice = "Hide" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false"
do shell script "killall Finder"
do shell script "open -a Finder"
else if userChoice = "Show" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true"
do shell script "killall Finder"
do shell script "open -a Finder"
else if userChoice = "Cancel" then
— quit
end if
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