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I moved my Applications folder to another drive, then moved it back to my boot drive. Somewhere in the shuffle, the file type association of the Desktop (~/Desktop) got reassigned to Terminal (weird, ...

Your desktop, whether Windows 11 or macOS, is the handiest spot for the applications, files, and folders you use most. Maybe you’d like to organize your desktop icons by placing some in a folder. Or ...

Apple has long provided the ability to create desktop aliases in macOS by Command-Option dragging. Here's how to do it from the macOS Dock. Given most macOS desktop items such as files, apps, disk ...