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Re: Dragged files show up in the corner

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On 2014-02-19, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <bmhqq3Fdm2cU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> That is the difference between the desktop choice and the ordinary 
> folder one, but neither offers the "option" I was originally asking 
> about, which is "Put the Icon Where The Cursor Was When I Let Go The 
> Mouse Button".

That is incorrect. The option you refer to is at View > Show View
Options > Sort by > None. It works most of the time, but occasionally
does not work correctly, which is why this thread was started to begin
with. Saying the option isn't there is disingenuous. The option is
there; but as is the case with a whole lot of software, there is a bug
that prevents it from working properly all the time in all cases.

>> >> 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.
>
> Ditto. No option says to just let the icon drop where it is.

Incorrect. See above.

>> >> 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).
>
> In my original post, I observed that that does not always work on the 
> desktop, and asked if anyone knew how to fix it.

And in a reply to you, someone asked how your desktop view settings were
configured. Then you stated no such settings were available. Others
tried to show you where those settings are. You never did answer the
question, and now you are coming full circle (still without answering
the question). Loop complete.

>> 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.
>
> If you've found the "put it right there" choice, I'd like to know where 
> it is.

Others have told you previously. I just told you again.

Th fact that it may not work 100% of the time has also been discussed ad
nauseam.

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Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 12:12 -0800
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-17 20:22 +0000
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-17 15:45 -0500
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-18 08:25 +1100
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 21:03 -0800
      Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 05:10 +0000
        Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 17:35 -0800
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 02:21 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 18:38 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 04:24 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:50 -0800
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:50 +0000
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:41 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:11 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-20 23:58 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-21 05:52 -0500
      Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-18 17:46 +1100
        Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 10:19 -0800
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-18 14:25 -0500
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 06:56 +1100
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 20:07 +0000
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 08:22 +1100
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-02-18 22:16 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:47 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2014-02-19 14:52 -0600
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:57 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:19 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 19:32 +0000
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 07:41 +1100
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 21:57 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:40 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:47 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 21:59 -0800
            Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-18 22:32 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-19 18:39 +1100
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 22:10 -0800
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-20 20:35 +1100
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:13 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-21 08:22 +1100
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 15:56 +0000
                Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-19 22:05 -0800
              Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:01 +0000
          Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 14:54 +0000
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-18 05:37 +0000
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-02-17 17:07 -0500
    Re: Dragged files show up in the corner isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2014-02-17 21:00 -0800
  Re: Dragged files show up in the corner Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-18 11:52 +0000

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