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#1
May 11th, 2002, 09:06 PM
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| unmounting a partition? hey guys does anyone know if there is a way in OS X to unmount a drive from the desktop? i have my hard drive partitioned into two parts and i only want one of them to appear on the desktop... any help would be appreciated pete  |
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May 11th, 2002, 09:43 PM
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| thanks! however i figured the partition would still appear in the column view mode... i guess i asked the wrong question.... is there anyway to have the drive not appear on the desktop but still be accessible? |
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May 11th, 2002, 11:52 PM
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 ... snazz is talking about individual partitions. From what you've typed, snazz, you've got the answer already--drag to the trash. It won't show on the desktop but will still be accessible. AppleScript should do nicely for automating this process. I have a dedicated swap partition on my hard disk that mounts and I generally ignore it, but I would appreciate the option of removing its icon from the desktop but not affecting its actual status with the system. Steve Jobs, are you reading this?
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May 12th, 2002, 12:07 AM
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| chenly, you are wrong! no offense, but i think that if you umount a drive, then you cannot access it at all. if you umount your swap partition, you will be in real trouble. what you should do is name your swap partition something that starts with a . then you won t have to see it Last edited by lethe; May 12th, 2002 at 11:41 AM. |
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May 12th, 2002, 01:20 PM
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| Whoa! Whoa! I'm just parroting back what snazz wrote: if you unmount a disk partition by dragging it to the trash, it doesn't show on the desktop but is still available in column view. I haven't tested this, but I wouldn't be surprised if it works. snazz, is this correct? Can you drag a partition to the trash and still access it from column view? What about if it's an invisible volume (i.e., beginning with ".")?
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#8
May 12th, 2002, 02:38 PM
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| i tried dragging the partition to the trash and it disappeared from the desktop but was no longer accessible in column view mode... putting a . before the name of the drive makes it invisible, but its invisisble in column mode too (unless i show all hidden folders/files... which i don't wanna do). so i haven't been able to figure out how to get the drive to not appear on the desktop yet |
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