Comments on: Mac: How to make desktop shortcuts

By: Flemming

Flemming — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:54:40 +0000

WiseMax way to go. Just what I was looking for with the Short Cut

By: Lila

Lila — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:34:17 +0000

you can do that too in windows!!…
just drag and drop anywhere in the address bar into the desktop.
try first before jumping to conclusions *rolleyes*

By: Ioranna

Ioranna — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:54:29 +0000

Great tip, thanks, I was wondering the exact same thing!

By: Don

Don — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:44:18 +0000

Just hold down OPTION-COMMAND and click and drag the program icon to the desktop and you have made an alias/shortcut in one easy step!

Enjoy!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:45:27 +0000

What about adding a custom favicon on the mac desktop?

By: WiseMax

WiseMax — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:46:50 +0000

Ok, forget it – I just found out about the “make Alias” option – it works, but it’s a 2-step (create alias first, then copy it where you want it), junk creator (if you don’t get rid of it the “alias” will stay forever next to the source and then, when you delete the source, be forgotten there).

Not very elegant. In Windows, you use the right mouse button to drag the source anywhere – then, when you release the mouse button a small popup (gates calls it “context menu”) allows you to select what you want to do copy, move, delete, create shortcut or… cancel, a welcome options, always.

I hope the MAC starts to adopt this right mouse button/context menu/right button drag thing, it’s really easy and powerful. At the moment, althoigh right-mouse is starting to appear more in Leopard, that’s not yet enough, we need more.

Always learn from others, It’s gotta be the way ;-)

Regards
WiseMax.

By: WiseMax

WiseMax — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:12:05 +0000

I knew that.
But how do you get around to create a shortcut of a file or application??? can you tell me? Thanks.

By: Newbie to the Mac

Newbie to the Mac — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:59:23 +0000

One more thing–can you tell me how to rename the shortcut I have just placed on my desktop?

For example, I just short-cutted your page, following the directions above. My shortcut says “Mac-How to make desktop s…IS!.webloc”

I would like to rename it something simpler. Is that possible?

Thanks again.

By: Newbie to the Mac

Newbie to the Mac — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the tip! It worked!

By: Sheri

Sheri — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:01:02 +0000

I have recently made the transition from Windows to Mac (thanks to Vista). Your information on desktop shortcuts was useful, but my question is this: Is there a way to make desktop shortcuts of files on the hard drive?