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An icon is the picture that decorates a shortcut. The shortcut is a path to a file.

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What is basic difference between shortcuts and icons?

Shortcuts and icons have a few basic differences between the two. A shortcut can be deleted from one place and still stay in another space. An icon might only be in one area, unlike a shortcut. A shortcut uses use less memory, an icon uses much more memory.


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The icons at the bottom of your Macbook Pro screen are called Dock Icons. A Dock is a place where you can store shortcuts for your most commonly used applications.


What are the icon on desktop?

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How do you remove arrow from desktop icons?

If they're shortcuts, the arrow is part of the shortcut. You can't remove it. But you can use the Change Icons feature to select a different icon for the function or location.


How can you clear all icons from your desktop?

Aside from manually deleting the shortcuts and icons on your desktop (the Recycle Bin cannot be deleted): you can right-click the background, find "Arrange Icons By" and press "Show Desktop Icons". This'll hide all the existing icons, so if you press "Show Desktop Icons again, they'll all return.


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Toolbars store/show either icons that provide shortcuts or menu items. Without toolbars one would have to use only keyword shortcuts.


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Why do your desk top icons have arrows?

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