Recent content by kiwimac

Thanks, Adam. That clarifies the situation... and I've tried TinkerTool and, yes, it does just what I need - almost... as you recognised, desktop icons visible in Finder only is what I was after... I'll have to add that to a wishlist for Apple's OSX 10.5! In the meanfime. I just have to learn...

You may be right that it was and 'old' option... but I'm pretty sure it was not 3rd party... I remember choosing between two little icon/buttonss - miniatures of the desktop - one with little white rectangles representing icons, and one just clean blue blank desktop. There are times when you...

*Somewhere* I remember having the option to choose whether my desktop icons are visible when another application (not Finder) is active. I cannot re-find this option/setting! Can anyone help?