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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Dragged files show up in the corner
Date: 18 Feb 2014 19:32:19 GMT
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On 2014-02-18, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <do_ray_me-B73EED.17462218022014@news.albasani.net>,
>  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <isw-18161C.21033917022014@[216.168.3.50]>,
>>  isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > In article <do_ray_me-EC937F.08252718022014@news.albasani.net>,
>> >  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > Have you set a View Option and Arrange by pref for Finder? 
>> > 
>> > Not sure what you're asking. I'm unaware of any "view option" for the 
>> > desktop -- it's icons.
>> 
>> Click on the desktop to be in Finder. You should have a menu item 
>> called View. Under that item in a dropdown there should be a sub item 
>> called Arrange by... Select that and you get choices.
>
> That option is available for ordinary folders, but not for the desktop 
> (at least in 10.8.2 ML).

Choose: View > Show View Options instead. 

>> There is also another item under the View menu called Show View 
>> Options, this gives you choices for the desktop too.
>
> But nothing about where to put the icons. There are many more options if 
> opened in an ordinary folder.

Choose: View > Show View Options instead.

>> I find arrange by date modified to be a convenience for icons on the 
>> desktop because the most recent are always where I expect them, top 
>> rightish.
>
> I use various icon arrangements for various folders, depending. For the 
> desktop, I want icons to go *right where I put them* and *stay there*.

Then choose: View Options window > Sort by > None (or Snap To Grid, if
you like).

I've known about Mac OS X's desktop viewing options since they came into
being. I'm a little surprised that any long-time Mac user doesn't know
about them. It seems like some people don't explore software nearly to
the extent that I do.

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