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Is your desktop messy? (pics inside)
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For some stupid reason, I started wondering how cluttered the average MacNN user's desktop is. Mine is usually fairly open and sorted, but from time to time it needs a bit of a cleanup.
So here's my idea: minimize your open windows, do a screen capture ( without cleaning things up first), and post it on here.
Here's mine...
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Mine is very boring, I don't see it too often...
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iMac, Intel Core-Duo 2GHz, 2GB, 250GB, OS X 10.4
PowerBook 12", 867MHz, 640MB, 60GB, OS X 10.4
iMac G3, 333MHz, 288MB, 6GB, OS X 10.3
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Not really. Most of the clutter is stuff I've recently dragged out of Web pages and stuff from work on Friday that I haven't gotten around to tossing.
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Mine is a total mess
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Mine could use a cleanup- believe it or not, I clean it often.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Not really. Most of the clutter is stuff I've recently dragged out of Web pages and stuff from work on Friday that I haven't gotten around to tossing.
Ok, where did you get that amazing wallpaper. I love it. Heres mine, I try to keep it as organized as possible, I can't wait until I get my 20" iMac so I can get off of this 12" iBook G4 screen.
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I would love to take some screen caps of my co-workers and post them here. I've seen people with 200+ items on their desktop. No lie. So many icons that you can't even see the desktops. Icons on top of icons.
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My sig is 1 pixel too big.
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Clean desktop is a requirement.
Click for Full-Size
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Originally Posted by Dark_Lotus
Ok, where did you get that amazing wallpaper.
It's a picture from one of that girl's photobooks. I downloaded it off noemitm.ca. If you're interested, go to their gallery and do a search for "Yaguchi" and it should come up.
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Chuck
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Looks pretty clean to me  :
I'm extremely picky about keeping all my stuff tidy and arranged - since I'm a total space case, I used to never able to find things.
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If I change my way of living, and if I pave my streets with good times, will the mountain keep on giving…
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Adam Betts, what's up with your dock in the pic on the right?
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Originally Posted by Adam Betts
Clean desktop is a requirement.
Darn it Adam - you've had a little teaser icon on your site about CSSEdit 2 for a LONG time. Do you know how much I'd love to have that be released? Tell MacRabbit to hurry up already!
I'd put up a desktop capture, but I'm afraid it would be boring. It's just a cool photo I found on Flickr, there are no icons, my dock is on auto-hide, etc.
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[ sig removed - image host changed it to a big ad picture ]
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Originally Posted by Ulrich Kinbote
Adam Betts, what's up with your dock in the pic on the right?
It used to be Dragthing but I didn't like it so I replaced it to hacked version of Overflow. Much cleaner and instant access to second most used apps.
Dave, I know about CSSEdit 2, Jan Van Boghout really need to release it asap. He even missed the deadline for submitting CSSEdit 2 to WWDC 
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(that IS thoroughly cleaned up)
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usually fills up with .gifs and macros from the various fora i visit. i just drag them off of the page, so whatever.
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I have 3 or 4 documents plus 5 drive icons on my machine at any given time (at most). Don't like it when its too cluttered. My wife's, on the other hand, has about 15-20, perhaps more, icons on it.
Of course, her real-life desktop is far cleaner than mine, so it all evens out.
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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mine's usually pretty clean
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Here's mine - I did do a quick pick up yesterday.
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Signature depreciated.
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that's an awesome wallpaper dog. (heh, couldn't resist) care to share?
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock
linky no work ceo
changed it bpr 
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
(that IS thoroughly cleaned up)
where can i get that desktop?
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock
why thank you Brett.
your welcome
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
where can i get that desktop?
I think it was on DeviantArt, I'm off to work, I'll supply a link when I get home. : )
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Enjoy
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Can't show you mine. I have enough files and folder on the desktop to cover two screens.
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Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
June 2001: 132,047,000 employed
June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
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Not too messy...just busy!
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Originally Posted by hickey
Enjoy
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My desktop in dual-monitor mode.
I recently came to the realization that all the Mail notifiers, system widgets, etc. just distracted me and kept me from getting work done, so I've gone uber-minimalist.
I hide the Dock, use Menufela to hide the menu bar, and Quicksilver for launching.
The icon in the bottom-left is a VirtueDesktops desktop label & icon; I have separate virtual screens for "Connect", "Write", "Communicate", "Develop", etc.
On the top right is my sole bit of clutter, a text clipping.
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Last edited by Mithras; Aug 6, 2006 at 05:49 PM.
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Mine is a total mess
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I heard and wasn't sure if it's true that if your desktop is a total mess and will cause your mac run slower?
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THANK you soooo much for the link to the app mithras
Alex
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Originally Posted by Matt OS X
I heard and wasn't sure if it's true that if your desktop is a total mess and will cause your mac run slower?
Yes. OS X keeps track of desktop items and if you reach a certain count (Apple will not release this number), OS X will automatically enable all the latent debug code!!
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Originally Posted by Agasthya
Yes. OS X keeps track of desktop items and if you reach a certain count (Apple will not release this number), OS X will automatically enable all the latent debug code!!
I heard it was 2 if you are running 10.0, 3 for 10.1, 5 for 10.2, and 6 for 10.3 and 10.4. Maybe teh Leopard will bring us into double digits!!!!11one.
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Originally Posted by Matt OS X
I heard and wasn't sure if it's true that if your desktop is a total mess and will cause your mac run slower?
I believe every desktop item is actually a small window. So you incur whatever windowserver performance penalities are associated with more windows open (slightly longer to composite stuff over it? more memory taken?)
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Genius. You know who.
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I don't do icons - too much clutter drives me crazy.
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All glory to the hypnotoad.
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Originally Posted by jokell82
I don't do icons - too much clutter drives me crazy.
That is quite nice. Did you take that yourself?
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Surprisingly clean at the moment.
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Originally Posted by nforcer
I believe every desktop item is actually a small window. So you incur whatever windowserver performance penalities are associated with more windows open (slightly longer to composite stuff over it? more memory taken?)
Never heard of that. Sounds like a load of bull to me.
I haven't noticed any correlation between speed and desktop "clutterness" so far...
Edit: Ok, Google says you're right. Weird. Gotta try it.
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Mine'll clutter up for a few weeks, then I lose it and clean the whole thing up. Then it gradually starts to clutter up again. I'm about 1/4 of the way through the cycle, right now:
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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what do you have going on over on the left side there?
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Originally Posted by Agasthya
That is quite nice. Did you take that yourself?
Oh no way. I found it over on InterfaceLift.
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Originally Posted by hickey
what do you have going on over on the left side there?
Just DragThing. Very handy app.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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