How Apple Mac hides the device icon on your desktop

How does the Apple Mac hide the desktop's device icon? If you're a minimalist, you don't want OS X's desktop to be too messy, you can organize files and photos through folders, and you can hide the Dock, but when you plug in external drives, USB drives, and other hardware devices, There will still be several device icons appearing on the desktop.

So is it possible to "put these icons away"? Today we'll come together to explore how to hide the device icons on the desktop.

　　How do I hide the desktop device icon in the Finder?

1. Click on the desktop and select the Finder menu bar preferences

2. Select "GENERIC"

3. Remove the "hard drive", "External disk", "CD, DVD and IPod" and "Connected Servers" check.

　　How do I hide the desktop device icon through a terminal?

1. Running Terminal

2. Enter the following command line, carriage return execution

Defaults write Com.apple.finder Createdesktop-bool false

Apply the changes, enter the following command, and press ENTER

Killall Finder

This will restart the Finder, when the device icon disappears from the desktop.

To have the icon appear on the desktop again, enter the following instructions and press ENTER:

Defaults write Com.apple.finder Createdesktop-bool true; Killall Finder

　　The device icon is hidden, how do I access the device?

To access a device, you can see the inserted device on the left side of the window by just the Finder right button on the Dock and a new finder window.