Power Mac G5 :: Visibility Of External Hdd On The Desktop?
Dec 21, 2007
I have just used DiskWarrior to recover a drive that wouldn't mount.
After recovering all my data and running Tiger's Disk Utility to reformat the drive (Erase) question is:
How do I get see the drive on the Desktop?
The drive appears on the Finder Sidebar but how do I get the icon to appear on the desktop, same principle as an alias I guess.
Information:
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
1.8 GHZ Dual Proc. 2gb Memory, 128mb VRAM 20" Cinema Display
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Dec 19, 2007
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