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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: This myth no longer needs debunking |
| Date | 2013-10-30 12:50 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnl7204s.18sg.g.kreme@mbp55.local> (permalink) |
| References | <l4onm0$82a$2@dont-email.me> <slrnl703df.e4s.mr@irc.sandman.net> <301020130938025709%YourName@YourISP.com> <slrnl7088b.ebu.mr@irc.sandman.net> |
In message <slrnl7088b.ebu.mr@irc.sandman.net> Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote: > 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. The Desktop *IS* a window. So is the menu bar. It's no different than any other window, really, and it's been that way since... I think it was Mac OS 8. -- "Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers" ~Carlin
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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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