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Customize the Desktop view

Click on a blank spot on the Desktop to make sure no Finder window (or any other window or icon) is selected.

From the View menu, choose “Show View Options.”

These are the same options you have for Finder windows in Icon View; please see page 142 for details about these options. You can resize the icons or the text labels, reposition the labels, show extra file information, display an icon preview, or always keep the icons arranged by your chosen criteria, such as alphabetized (“Name”), Kind, Label, etc.

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