Where are the desktop icons in Yosemite?

[laserbeahm]

It has been years since I bought my last Mac, so please forgive me if I sound ignorant... When I looked at the screenshots of the new Yosemite OS, it appeared to lack the familiar desktop icons such as Hard Drive, Documents, etc. All I see is the dock. Has Apple done away with desktop icons?

 

[Julien]

They are still there. You can choose to hide them but this has been in since maybe ML.

 

[arncalars]

It has been years since I bought my last Mac, so please forgive me if I sound ignorant... When I looked at the screenshots of the new Yosemite OS, it appeared to lack the familiar desktop icons such as Hard Drive, Documents, etc. All I see is the dock. Has Apple done away with desktop icons?

Check Finder settings ;-)

 

[laserbeahm]

Thanks for the responses! As you can tell from my signature, I haven't been on this website since 2005.

 

[mmomega]

Finder Menu Bar -> Preferences

 

[pmz]

Thanks for the responses! As you can tell from my signature, I haven't been on this website since 2005.

And they probably been hidden by default since at least 2006, lol