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Download Microsoft Office: Mac icons. A package of sleek icons that can replace the originals for some of the Microsoft Office components for a better looking desktop. The Mac folder icons are trimmed with thick outlines and filled with a cloudy gradient blue color. This set of Mac folder icons are commercially available and it comes along with twenty-seven other icons. If you are looking for Mac-based desktop icons, the Mac Desktop Icons is a good reference to start with. Its design mimics a backlit. Icons for mac apps. Download thousands of free vectors on Freepik, the finder with more than 5 millions free graphic resources. Your Mac's desktop is a lot like your home; it needs to be personalized to make it seem like your place. Changing desktop icons is one of the easiest ways to add a personal touch to your Mac's desktop, and it takes only a few mouse clicks after you find the ones you want to use. When you install Office for Mac, the app icons aren’t automatically added to the dock. To add to the dock, drag the app icon from the Launchpad or the Applications folder. The following steps demonstrates how to drag the icons from the Applications folder. Click an icon there and press the Download ICO button to save it to Windows. You can then customize the desktop icons by right-clicking them, selecting Properties and pressing the Change Icon button. You can easily find Mac wallpapers for the Windows desktop from this site or by entering ‘Mac OS X default wallpapers’ into Google.
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There are times when your Mac desktop files or icons disappear all of a sudden. By default, Mac OS X does not show icons for drives, CD/DVDs, iPods, and servers on the desktop. This tip lets you turn the icons back on. Then you restore missing desktop files with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac.
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- Display the Missing Drive Icons Again
- Get Missing Files or Folder Back from Mac
Q: 'Hello, after saving a .xls file on my desktop, all my desktop files and folders disappeared! Impossible to find them, also my bin was empty too, nothing to find or delete. Also, I didn't do any back up in the past to restore. What's worse, some drive icons are also missing! Those files and folders are really important as they are work-related. What should I try? Please, urgent help is needed. Thanks!'
A: At times you might notice that files and icons from your Mac desktop are missing or they have just disappeared. It is really shocking especially for those who have stored important files, folders, and icons on the Mac desktop. However, before you assume that they are permanently gone from your Mac desktop, refer the following points to see if you can restore disappeared files and icons from the desktop:
Display the Missing Drive Icons Again
It is easy to find missing Windows icons. But when it comes to Mac, most people become confused. It's the Finder's job to display the desktop and all of its icons, including those for storage devices. The problem is that a default install of OS X renders the desktop without the drive icons. Sometimes, misoperations cause desktop icons missing from the desktop. Luckily, changing the Finder’s default settings for how the desktop is displayed can display the missing icons again. In fact, you can specify the desktop icons by setting the preferences in the Finder.
Click on the desktop or open a Finder window to ensure the Finder is currently the front-most application.
- From the menu bar, select 'Finder Preferences'.
- In the Finder Preferences window that opens, click the 'General tab'.
- You'll see a list of devices that can have their associated icon displayed on your desktop.
- Place a checkmark next to the items you wish to display on the desktop.
- Close the Finder Preferences window.
The selected items will display on the desktop again.
Get Missing Files or Folder Back from Mac
There are two ways to find the missing files from the Mac desktop. Check whether they are Hidden and recover the lost files with a professional Mac file recovery tool.
1. Check whether they are Hidden
Mac has a built-in application called Terminal. Using this application, you can search, delete or modify files and folders. In order to find hidden files or folders go to Mac terminal and type defaults write com.apple.finder appleahowfiles TRUE. After typing, press 'Enter'. This will close Mac Terminal and shows those files which are hidden.
If this technique doesn't work, recover files from the empty Mac desktop with Mac desktop files recovery software.
2. Use Mac Desktop File Recovery Software
EaseUS's Mac data recovery software can perform scanning of the hard drive to scan and find disappeared files from Mac Desktop. It can smoothly restore disappeared files from Mac desktop without any difficulties. Many users have used this application to recover 200+ files, Keynotes, Pages documents, AbiWord files, MS Office files, archive files, PDF documents from Mac desktop. Its success ratio is very high in the macOS and Mac OS X above 10.8. Download this effective desktop file recovery software and get the desktop files back.
The trial version is for you to download for free. It works till the last step when it finds all deleted files. The 'Recover' button appears grey if it's not activated to a full version using a license key.
Alternatively, if you only need to recover a few files, it would be better to try the free version. This version allows you to recover files up to 2GB.
Step 1. Select the disk location (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or a removable storage device) where you lost data and files. Click the Scan button.
Step 2. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac will immediately scan your selected disk volume and display the scanning results on the left pane.
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Step 3. In the scan results, select the file(s) and click Recover Now button to have them back.