you can also tab and or arrow through the apps folder. you can also display the folder in three ways, column view, icon view and list view. to change the display mode, command-1 is icon view, command-2 is list view and command-3 is column view. This will probably not make a lot of difference in the papps folder but icon view is nice because it is flat and all the icons are in neat little rows. column view is nice because if there are folders in your folder like utilities in the apps folder, you just use up and down arrow to go through the list or type u for instance and then right arrow into the folder and left arrow to back out of it. list view is nice because it presents all the info about an item on a line of its own.
On.Creating an alias is fine but since the apps are so easy to get to and if you ever have to restore your computer, you won't have to worry about recreating all those aliasses.
Jul 20, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:Actually, you certainly can add apps to the desktop if you wish; if you are wanting to do this I'd only pick applications you use a lot. You wouldn't actually add them to the desktop instead of the applications folder; you would make an alias. Ther may be an easier way to do this but here are the steps I know.
1. In finder, do command-shift-a to go to applications.2. Interact with the scroll area and either find the app you want with vokeys and arrows or item chooser or just type the first few letters and that app should be selected. 3. Don't open the app; just do command-l and then hit enter. You'll now have the application and another item that says the name of the application with the word alias after it. 4. Make sure the alias of the application is selected and then do command-c to copy the alias.
5. do command-shift-d to go to desktop. 6. Do command-v to paste the alias. 7. Then do command-shift-a to go back to applications.8. Select mail alias there and send it to trash with command-delete or command-option-delete.
9. Empty trash with command-shift-delete or command-option-shift-delete.You now still have the application in the Applications folder but you have an alias of the application on your Desktop. Some people do find this handy.
Again, there may be a simpler way to do this but these steps will work. Hth.
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