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How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - samintx - 09-02-2013
I don't want Snap to gride but I am always clicking on the desktop when I mean to click on the files I have opened to change VIEW criteria. I end up with my desktop rearranged and angry.
Somewhere I figured out the combination to return the desktop to its desired positions but I can't find my notes...it was something simple.
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - steve... - 09-02-2013
Control-click on the desktop for options.
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - MrNoBody - 09-02-2013
steve... wrote:
Control-click on the desktop for options.
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - samintx - 09-02-2013
what is the diff from the Finder View menu and the control-desktop menu? they look the same to me. Why "control"
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - steve... - 09-02-2013
samintx wrote:
what is the diff from the Finder View menu and the control-desktop menu? they look the same to me.
Ooops - I think they're the same.
:facepalm:
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - Article Accelerator - 09-02-2013
samintx wrote: Why "control"
Because we Mac users prefer to say control-click rather than the nonsensical "right click."
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - Speedy - 09-02-2013
Back in the OS 9 days there was a utility that would 'remember' your desktop icons' locations. Worked nicely.
Re: How to Lock the Desktop icons to keep in order - silvarios - 09-02-2013
Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=samintx]Why "control"
Because we Mac users prefer to say control-click rather than the nonsensical "right click."
Most Mac users aren't control clicking. They either right click on their two button mouse or two finger click in their trackpad.