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VMWare Fusion Series - Hide Windows VM Apps from your Mac OSX desktop when sharing your Desktop

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This blog explains how to declutter your OSX desktop of Windows VM shared desktop files If you are sharing your desktop between OSX and "Windows 10" like this: Then you may see all your windows desktop APPs on your MAC Desktop, not a great look.  I might like to see some, but certainly not all. Solution 1: "If you want to keep Desktop Sharing" Move all your Windows desktop icons from "This PC > Desktop" to the "Public > Public Desktop" folder within Windows 10 itself. open two "Windows Explorer" windows side-by-side 1 st  window: navigate to "This PC > Desktop" 2 nd  window: navigate to "This PC > Local Disk (C:) Users > Public then "Desktop" Drag and drop the desired shortcuts from the 1 st  window to the 2 nd  window When you delete the shortcuts from the  1 st  window, you will see the icons gone from your Mac desktop I'm not sure if it is possible to get rid of the desktop.ini or rec...

OSX Series - Apple Mac Wireless Trackpad Insanity Solved

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Ok, so my wireless trackpad is kind of like my sword, shield and helmet, if i happened to be a Roman Legionary soldier.  I think that makes it clear, it must work well, or life is not good.  I use ZOOM all the time with my BOSE QC 35...  the best headphones I have used yet... However... I noticed that when i am using the BOSE with bluetooth on my 2019 MBP, along with wireless keyboard and trackpad, the trackpad performance was terrible.   Accuracy of movement and clicks was hit and miss, mostly miss.   What is going on?  I used this for months without issue, then suddenly I have problems.  It turns out there was a simple fix... "I am still on Catalina 10.15.7, here was my fix:" Open "System Preferences" Click on "General", look near the bottom and ... unclick "Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices" This immediately improved my trackpad performance. Now I keep this disabled during ZOOM calls, and re enable it as required when ...