How do I get my desktop icons back?

How do you get icons back on the dock or desktop of a mac after they disappeared in a puff of smoke?

  • I wanted the icons to be on the desktop, so I dragged them on it but they disappeared.

  • Answer:

    you have to go to the mac HD then to Applications and then select the icons you want on your desktop and drag them and there you go, also you can drag them from your Applications folder to the dock

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To get them back to the dock as per previous answerer's suggestion, then if you also want a copy on the desktop go to the Applications folder, select the app and go to File>Make Alias or press Command L. Drag this alias to the desktop.

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