Re: This myth no longer needs debunking

From	Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: This myth no longer needs debunking
Date	2013-10-29 20:50 +0000
Message-ID	<slrnl7088b.ebu.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink)
References	<l4onm0$82a$2@dont-email.me> <slrnl703df.e4s.mr@irc.sandman.net> <301020130938025709%YourName@YourISP.com>

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In article <301020130938025709%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> > The desktop is just another folder, and its icons are treated the same way. 
> > If one of the icons are, for instance, an image file as an alias to a 
> > remote server or an external drive, displaying that icon preview (thumbnail 
> > image) may take a while becuase it has to spin up the drive or mount the 
> > server. There can be other reasons as well.
> > 
> > OSX 10.9, as all versions before it, can handle more files in a folder than 
> > your desktop could ever handle.
> > 
> > Turn off icon preview for the desktop (click on desktop, cmd-J and uncheck 
> > file preview and show item info) and see if that makes a difference. If it 
> > does, then my above suspicion may just be correct. If not, then I'd still 
> > say it's something else than just the sheer number of icons you have on the 
> > desktop.
> 
>  Not quite true.
> 
>  The Desktop *is* just another folder in terms of storage, but in terms
>  of displaying the content it is different. The content of any other
>  folder is displayed in a window, whereas the content of the Desktop is
>  displayed directly in the Finder.

Uh, that windows is also displayed "directly in the finder". I think you 
mean directly on the background or something like that. It makes no 
difference to how the Finder displays icons though.

>  I don't know how true it is, but I have read in various places that
>  each icon on the desktop is supposedly treated in a similar way to an
>  individual window by Mac OS X - LOTS of icons and / or open windows
>  will cause the computer to be slow.

You're going to have to find a source for that information. That's highly 
unlikely for the plain reason that there would be no reason.

Needlesstosay, the FInder has no problems showing a multitude of windows 
either way.

>  Then again, I do know someone I help who has their Desktop filled to
>  over-flowing with files (to the point of them piling on top of each
>  other making it difficult to find anything!) on her 10.6 iMac, but it
>  never seems to be slow when I use it.

The OP allegedly saw a change with 10.9 so that doesn't contradict his 
experience. 


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Sandman[.net]

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This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-29 12:27 -0400
  Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 19:27 +0000
    Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 16:01 -0400
    Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-30 09:38 +1300
      Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 20:50 +0000
        Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 16:58 -0400
        Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-30 19:51 +1300
          Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-30 00:24 -0700
            Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-30 08:40 +0000
              Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-31 09:33 +1300
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-30 21:07 +0000
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-31 13:34 +1300
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-31 08:36 +0000
          Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-30 08:38 +0000
            Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-30 09:25 -0400
              Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-30 19:58 -0400
              Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-31 13:29 +1300
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-31 00:10 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-31 18:39 +1300
            Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-31 13:26 +1300
              Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-31 03:02 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-31 09:30 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-31 15:36 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-31 15:47 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-31 16:17 -0400
              Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-31 08:35 +0000
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-31 09:35 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-31 14:38 +0000
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-31 13:37 -0400
                Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-31 18:03 +0000
        Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-30 12:50 +0000
          Re: This myth no longer needs debunking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-30 11:38 -0400
    Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-29 17:41 -0400
  Re: This myth no longer needs debunking billy@MIX.COM - 2013-10-29 20:18 +0000
    Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-29 17:44 -0400
  Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-30 12:48 +0000
    Re: This myth no longer needs debunking Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-30 09:36 -0400

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