My desktop is like my old college apartment: embarrassingly dirty. This is handy tool to hide a messy desktop before a presentation or demo.
h/t @calldrdave from Lifehacker for the find.
@calldrdave@rrhoover Really neat. Purely for aesthetics though. Has a bit of trouble with multiple desktops (wallpapers are all set to the same one and when using hot corners the icons re-appear). Once you enable HiddenMe you also can't drag and drop anything on the actual desktop (only via finder). That being said, it does work. I also sent this to my bro because his desktop needs it and he says it works. Good stuff!
@calldrdave@rrhoover I've been using Camouflage for a few years now for the same reason. Just double click the desktop and it'll open up your Finder to the Desktop too. :)
This is awesome. It'll probably make me even lazier about dumping files onto my desktop, but that's ok!
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Another day... another product promoted that is "only available in the U.S. App Store". It happens so often that I'm considering unsubscribing from PH emails. I found it too @anthonymonori after a search of Mac App Store after the link opened the iTunes App Store, and I've already got it installed! I've auto-hidden my menubar and dock too so now I have one clean desktop with an incredible wallpaper! :)
Just posted Camouflage, since it's been my goto for years for this feature... I use it pretty religiously, both for piece of mind, and for when I'm giving a presentation. Camouflage has more features and is possibly better suited to nuanced setups than HiddenMe, but if all you want is a clear desktop and nothing more, HiddenMe will suffice!
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Hmm, I'm a big fan of an app called XtraFinder (https://www.producthunt.com/l/e5...) which acts basically as a Mac Finder on steroids. It's superb. It has a whole bunch of additional features for the Finder, one of them being the option to hide all desktop icons with a simple keycombo. Very handy. En very free too.
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