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Mac show/hide desktop icons via terminal alias command
# Show/Hide desktop icons via command line alias
# Add this to .bash_profile
# http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/23/hide-all-desktop-icons-in-mac-os-x/
alias hidedesk='defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false; killall Finder;'
alias showdesk='defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true; killall Finder;'
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