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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2007Position of icons on desktop
I have three "icons" representing partitions of my HD on the desk top. We also keep many "saved" things before we either delete or file on the desk top. The computer is shut down nightly and re-booted in the am. Invariably, the icons for the HD partitions are spread all over the desk top and need to be re-placed. Is there any way to keep things in my chosen place on the desk top? Running OS X 10.3.9 on G-5 iMac. TIA  Signature"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis > I have three "icons" representing partitions of my HD on the desk top. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Running OS X 10.3.9 on G-5 iMac. Have you tried control click on the desktop and Show View Options? Signaturedorayme >> I have three "icons" representing partitions of my HD on the desk top. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Have you tried control click on the desktop and Show View > Options? Why not leave the computer on, at least in sleep mode, rather than all that shutting down and restarting? Be kinder to your HD, and allow the system to run maintenance routines while you sleep. Just a couple cents, Eric ============================================================== Posted with Hogwasher. For a free Test Drive click on: http://www.asar.com/cgi-bin/product.pl?58/hogwasher.html ============================================================== >>> I have three "icons" representing partitions of my HD on the desk top. >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > that shutting down and restarting? Be kinder to your HD, and allow the > system to run maintenance routines while you sleep. This is ok advice, except that the periodic maintenance scripts will not be run when the system is in sleep mode. With the latest release they could be run some time later when the system is up again, but they will not run overnight if the system is asleep. They do not cause your system to wake, for example, so they can be run. Signatureclvrmnky <mailto:spamtrap@clevermonkey.org> Direct replies will be blacklisted. Replace "spamtrap" with my name to contact me directly. > > Why not leave the computer on, at least in sleep mode, rather than all > > that shutting down and restarting? Be kinder to your HD, and allow the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > not run overnight if the system is asleep. They do not cause your > system to wake, for example, so they can be run. The question might then become, why not leave the computer on but not with sleep enabled. There are arguments for and against this. I have a friend who leaves machine _and_ his drives spinning literally for years. Given the reliable electrical supplies around Sydney, few bad lightening storms and you have to be quite unlucky to be actually struck, it is a policy with some things going for it. Likely less wear on the HD too for a computer that gets significant use in the day. Signaturedorayme > I have three "icons" representing partitions of my HD on the desk top. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Running OS X 10.3.9 on G-5 iMac. Don't shut down. Don't save things on the desktop. There's a known issue where Desktop items can become corrupted and prevent the Mac from booted normally. I've seen several instances over the past two years. Create a folder on the Desktop and save into it, rather than to the desktop itself. Select "Keep Arranged By" in the Finder's view options. But that won't be your "chosen place" necessarily. > Don't shut down. That may be good advice for anyone who doesn't live in a place that has frequent power outages, but I live in Northeast Florida, the thunderstorm capital of North America (yes, seriously), and here it's essential to advise people who don't shut down that they NEED to use a UPS with software that will power down the computer during an extended outage. When I lived in San Diego, I didn't care about or ever even think about this, but I bought my first UPS before setting up my Mac when I moved to Jacksonville. Signature<http://designsbymike.info/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.info/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance shirts & gifts > Is there any way to keep things in my chosen place on the desk top? Try this utility: <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19789> SignatureJR > > Is there any way to keep things in my chosen place on the desk top? > > Try this utility: > > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19789> I am reminded of how I used to do it under pre X and older machines. I was big on lots of alias icons on the desktop (a practice I am losing these day in X). It was awful when I lost the arrangement I had, it was my 2-D dock, it was my way of dragging files over apps and opening apps etc. If I changed screens or altered resolutions or video cards or or other things, I would lose the careful idiosyncratic but precious "messy desk" arrangement. Applescript to the rescue. Open up AppleScript, use the recorder, select all the desktop icons and move them just a fraction, then hit stop recording. The script was the algorithm to move the icons to that position. (So far, this basic idea was not invented by me) If later, one has deleted some icons, the script stops and protests it cannot find that icon. But I found this not so bad. The script would stop and _highlight_ the trouble and it was easily deleted. After a few of these hiccups (you remove the references in the script for unfound items and carry on) you basically save a lot of time by getting the bulk of the icons back to where they were. Naturally, things depend on how many you have, how many changes since you last saved the AS and so on... Of course, you have to move the newer icons not mentioned in the last saved script by hand. And redo the script when finished by more recording... Signaturedorayme |
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