On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 09:13 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > On 09/10/02 04:20, "Roger Shufflebottom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> A bit OT this but . . . I'd like to set up some common aliases that >> would automatically appear on the desktop of whichever user logged in >> to my OS 10.2 system. I innocently thought that as an Administrator I >> could drop them into the Desktop folder at the top level of the >> system drive window but that doesn't work! Any ideas please, rather >> than laboriously adding them to the home desktops of any new users? >> And what is the desktop folder at the top level of the drive actually >> for? > > I don't think you can do it the easy way. You'll have to dig in for > every > desktop folder for every user. I'm not sure what the top-level desktop > folder is for. It might be something left from OS 9 because I don't > think > that desktop folders are there anymore, except for the one that each > user > has.
/Desktop Folder/ is, indeed, just OS 9's desktop folder. The most elegant way to do this is using OS X Server, but that's probably not applicable for a single-machine setup. You could perhaps toy around with prefs in /Library/ to give everyone a common Dock, but I'm not sure how permanent this would be... in general, preferences in /Library/ take precedent over preferences in ~/Library/ but, in the case of the Dock, I'm not sure if this is true. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
