macOS Mojave introduced stacks to organize and clean up the desktop. I like and use that feature, but sometimes, I want to go a little more minimalist and hide my desktop entirely. Those who have bitten the Apple already know the commands to hide and show the desktop. Hide: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall Finder Show: defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true && killall Finder For the uninitiated, I will explain the commands and help you put them in a couple of scripts so you can hide and show the desktop at will. First, you will need to launch the terminal app. It lives in the Utilities folder, but you can also use Apple's Spotlight Search and type in "terminal" Once you launch the terminal, you can type in the above commands and watch your desktop hide and reveal itself respectively. The defaults command gives you access to the Mac OS user default settings. You can read th