I do A LOT of presentations and I have an absolute MESS on my desktop (…who doesn’t…).
I use this command in Terminal to hide my shame:
[code language=”bash”]
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
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And here’s the command to show the mess again:
[code language=”bash”]
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
killall Finder
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If you don’t want to run Terminal and type that in every time you can add the following functions to your bash_profile (~/.bash_profile)
[code language=”bash”]
# Hide Desktop icons
function hide()
{
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false
killall Finder
}
# Show Desktop icons
function show()
{
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
killall Finder
}
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And if you are running Alfred (you ARE running Alfred aren’t you????) you can just import this workflow:
http://bit.ly/11ItOkk
The keywords are “SHOW” and “HIDE”
…you’re welcomed… 😉