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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: 20 Feb 2014 16:11:14 GMT
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On 2014-02-20, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> In article <bmk263Fs153U2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Which configuration would cause dropped icons to occasionally be 
> deposited in the upper left corner?
>
> If I knew that, I could check to see if that's the way I have things set 
> up.

So you refuse to answer the question. Ok.

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