Comments on: Stop Desktop Icons from Changing Positions After Reboot in Mac OS X

By: OsX

OsX — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:52:37 +0000

This tip does NOT work in Mac OS X 10.6.8. The problem is real, but only affects some people using some Macs. As far as I know, the reason is unknown.

It arose in Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) and persists in Mac OS X 10.6.8. I have not tried it, but people are also reporting it in Mac OS X 10.7.x. Check out:

Desktop items get unsorted after cold boot on Snow Leopard 10.6.2
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2335032?start=0&tstart=0

By: Marcello

Marcello — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:50:53 +0000

I called the Parallels customer service. I updated Parallels 7 online. Now the icon disappearing problem is sorted out. All’s well that ends well. Cheers

By: Marcello

Marcello — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:44:58 +0000

The problem is connected to the use of Parallels for Mac. I noticed that it happens every time I use Parallels (Which is not so often, that’s why I noticed). I still don’t have a solution. What I do now, every time I close parallels I delete the file “com.apple.desktop.plist” from the prefs folder and reset my desktop picture when I turn it on again. I am still looking for a steady solution. I am thinking of changing Parallels with something else. Or, probably I’ll write to Parallels to make them aware of the flaw. Good luck

By: ozgun gursurer

ozgun gursurer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:23:54 +0000

quite annoying. this would never happen in a win machine.

By: Jedi Master Tonyman

Jedi Master Tonyman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:30:13 +0000

Well I don’t know where Mr. Horowitz got the screen captures from but they certainly don’t match the menu in 10.6.8. Wordsmithereens got it right but it doesn’t make any difference since None is already selected by default. And Teladoy gives the worst advice ever: ” if happen is for the good… look for the good side of thing” so this fellow is happy with just about anything the guys at Apple will throw to him even if it is annoying for most of us… oh well, I only wish there is a REAL solution out there for this, becuase I’m tired of having to relocate all my desktop icons every other week. This comes to show that Macs are far from perfect as they want us to believe (The most advanced operating system in the world my a$$).

By: wordsmithereens

wordsmithereens — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:19:51 +0000

In 10.6.8, the “none” option is in a sub-menu of the Finder’s View menu.

Finder > View > Show View Options > Arrange by > None.

By: teladoy

teladoy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:56:59 +0000

Well this setting is by default anyway, and his desktop have 10% of mine, I have run into this problem only once in Lion, and if happen is for the good because allow me to clean my desktop of unwanted files, look for the good side of thing. I am very happy with Lion and thankful for the guides this site post.
Now when arranging and using clean up if you hit by mistake the desktop well…….. don’t blame others.
Accidents happen.

By: Chris Fisher

Chris Fisher — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:18:04 +0000

Fix this bull$hit – icons align every once in a while (about every 7 days) on the right – has happened in a late 2008 macbook pro upgraded from snow leopard to lion and a brand new mac mini i7 2.7ghz with lion factory installed – fire the 25 year old douche bag that designed these stupid options.. operating system should be fully controllable.. not this application state saving and reopening windows upon logging back in.. wtf is that $hit.. have it customizable and have the customizations work you d1ckheads – snow leopard was a work of art comported to this note board bull$hit..

By: juxta

juxta — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:35:57 +0000

10.6.8 doesn’t have the option “None”

By: Mark C.

Mark C. — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:22:47 +0000

Mine has ALWAYS been set like this, and every few boots, BAM!, everything is on lined up on the right side of the desktop.

By: Marucins

Marucins — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:06:23 +0000

I am not an Englishman so I say do not speak English properly! Do you have a problem with it?

Maybe we’ll talk in German, French, Spanish?

By: old guy

old guy — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:04:32 +0000

Back in the pre-OSX days, I had a custom AppleScript that would run on startup to reposition icons/folders where I wanted them to be. Very simple.

I haven’t tried this trick in OSX, but I’ve abandoned the throweverythingonmydesktop workflow.

By: James

James — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:55:47 +0000

Tip & trick for Marucins

Before calling people “idiots” in your comments, making sure what you wrote makes sense or perhaps find someone who actually knows English to write it for you.

“Are you at all check this TIP? I doubt…” Huh??

I recommend you bookmark: http://www.english4dummies.com

By: Marucins

Marucins — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:26 +0000

Andrea and other idiots!!!
Thanks for what? Are you at all check this TIP? I doubt…

Another tip&trick for idiots

By: bruno

bruno — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:15:11 +0000

this tip does NOT work in OS X 10.6.8