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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: 19 Feb 2014 15:50:27 GMT
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On 2014-02-19, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <6129e50b-6167-4f10-8f0f-b8eea4aad495@googlegroups.com>,
>  Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is nothing on the page that you reference above to solve the
>> OP's issue with files dragged on to the Desktop which are then
>> deposited by the Finder in the top left corner of the Desktop.  The
>> real problem is Apple programmers just don't preserve the x,y
>> coordinates and, since they don't, the file(s) receive values of
>> (0,0) i.e.  the top left corner of the screen.
>
> Bingo! First reasonable response. Thanks.

That seems incorrect to me. Some people in this thread have already
discussed the fact that on occasion, icons get placed incorrectly.
Others have asked questions about how the OP's desktop is configured,
but haven't been able to get that information due to an unwillingness or
inability of the OP to provide it.

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