Macos – How to show Trash on Desktop (Mac)

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Is there any way to show icon of Trash on Desktop? The Trash is displayed on Dock. I have tried to create an alias to ~/.Trash on my Desktop, but it is just an alias and does not have the same behavior like the one on Doc with "Empty Trash" or "Secure Empty Trash" context menu.

I would like to see the Trash on Desktop or top menu bar so that 1st I can see its status (empty or not) and access to its context menu.

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You can use iCan. It's better than most of the DIY solutions I've seen, which involve symbolic links or aliases or other 3rd party software. iCan basically replicates the good old trash icon from OS 9.

iCan is out of business as of 7-17

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Chflags has an option -h to not follow links (which I constantly ignored...).

# chflags -h noopaque,nouappnd,dump fly.pdf

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Macos – How to find an OSX application that is running but whose window is not visible

Open AppleScript Editor and insert the following script code, replacing Safari by your application's name:

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Safari"
        repeat with wnd in every window
            set position of wnd to {40, 40}
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

Check System Preferences » Displays if you have multiple displays connected (could be virtual) and whether a button Gather Windows is available. Click it.

You could also try Mercury Mover, a software that allows you to control window movements using the keyboard.

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