OSX Questions

smithy

smithy

designer.
Hi well im a new mac user i only got mine today and yer i posted before asking some things about osx but i have a few more questions.

1. I installed msn messenger and like on the desktop under the Macintosh HD theres like shortcuts to the msn messenger folder and like it only appears when msn is running. And also theres another program i use all the time its for my cable internet login thingy and it does the same thing. Like i was just wondering whether there was any way of getting rid of it.

2. Ive read on a site that to delete files to the rubbish bin its command - delete. But this doest work !! i dont know why but i just have to drag things to the rubbish bin.

Well thats all the questions i have for now thankyou in advance for taking time to read them !! Thanks alot

cya
 
Hi well i know how to delete lol soyer but i im having trouble with those things in the desktop please help !! thanks
 
The shortcuts shouldn't appear on the Desktop just when the program is running.

To move things to the trash, right click if you have a two button mouse, or Control click on the item, and you'll have a Move to Trash command.
 
To make things a bit clearer: You're talking about the Dock, not the desktop, I guess... If you want a certain application to _always_ be in the Dock, you drag its icon from the Applications folder to the Dock. You can't remove an icon from the Dock by dragging it to the Trash (or hitting Cmd-Backspace), but you can put icons from the Desktop to the Trash by hitting Cmd-Backspace (or dragging to the Trash).
 
If the problem is that the application starts at the time you start your computer without you asking for it, you have to suppress it from you start-up items list (look for it in the users tab of the system preferences)
 
Also, any icon (except the Finder icon and the Trash) can easily be removed from the Dock by simply clicking and dragging the icon off the Dock (it'll disappear in a puff of smoke). You can't remove an icon for an app that is currently running (the triangle shows when it's running)
 
Smithy,
When you open or start a program, they will show in the dock. When you quit the program, the icon will disappear unless you indicate that you want to keep it in the dock (Click and hold the mouse button at that icon and select Keep in Dock from the menu that appears - when you have the program running).

You can hide the dock if that is confusing you. Go to System Preferences (light switch on the dock), select Dock and check the automatically hide and show dock.

The dock is to show you what programs are running - they will have an arrow to the right of the icon. It is a handy way to see what is running and quit them from the Dock.
 
(You saying the arrow's to the right of the icon lets me think we're further confusing this new user...) ;-) (The arrow is on the right only if the Dock is on the right side, it's below when the Dock's on the bottom and on the left of the icon if the Dock's on the left side...)
 
Oops.... Sorry, I forgot. I just looked at my dock and gave a description. :(
 
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