I have gone into my Finder preferences and selected to show drives, connected servers, etc., on the desktop. They, however, do not appear. I have restarted Finder and rebooted, but they still are not there. Upon further examination, it also appears that when I click on the desktop, finder does not become the active application, clicking the desktop does nothing. It is as though the desktop has ceased to have functionality other then displaying an image.
Any idea how to correct this?
Best Answer
I believe that CreateDesktop is set to false. Try running
defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool YES
in Terminal (unless you are on Mountain Lion or below, in which case the command isdefaults write com.apple.Finder CreateDesktop -bool YES
), followed bykillall Finder
. You should be able to view items on and drag items to your Desktop now, including drives.