Jerry, That's not it...there was some sort of setting to enable, so that anything on the desktop had the size info displayed just below the name all the time as a permanent feature (like having the icon name always appear), to the best of my recollection. I'm not making myself clear because I don't know the proper terminology, but don't know how best to describe it. Cathy
> ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of Jerry > Yeager > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 12:00 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: size info [bcc][faked-from] > > If you are in a hurry, it is click on desktop to get out to the finder, > then command-j then check (show item info) > If you have more time it is click to get to the desktop, then View menu, > then show View Options then check show item info). > > Jerry > > On Aug 19, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Green, Cathy wrote: > > > Greetings all, > Someone once posted how to set desktop icons up so that info (like > Mac HD 6.8 GB used, 3.2 GB free) appears under them. I did that, but > somehow they disappeared, and now I cannot figure where I went to set that > up. The help menu is of no help, because I don't even know what phrasing > to put in the search bar to get what I'm looking for...Any ideas? > > Cathy > > > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I > will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050819/8b45036a/attachment.html
