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Sep 2, 2011 4:26 AM in response to ApMaXby frackmac,A good friend and I share this same annoying problem, and had it with SL and with Lion. Snap to grid only holds until a re-boot, so I have given up and focus on minimizing the # of icons on the desktop. One approach is to create cluster folders...put similar items into new folders to reduce the overall # of icons. I know it's a Pain in the butt, but it addresses the problem as the issue persists by reducing the clutter and search time
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Jun 30, 2012 5:05 AM in response to ApMaXby ApMaX,Problem description and screen captures here:
Stop Desktop Icons from Changing Positions After Reboot in Mac OS X
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/21/stop-desktop-icons-changing-positions-after-resta rt-mac
Warning: the tips on such page are absolutelly USELESS!!! They do NOT work at all!!!
The problem arose with Mac OS X 10.6.2 and persists with Mac OS X 10.7.x:
osx lion - desktop icons rearranged on right of screen after reboot
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3271689?start=0&tstart=0
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Jun 30, 2012 5:11 AM in response to ApMaXby ApMaX,More on Mac OS X 10.7.x:
My desktop scrambles all folders, on start.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3221332?start=0&tstart=0
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Aug 20, 2012 6:20 AM in response to ApMaXby krister67,I've noticed that every time my icons get unsorted it is because Finder deletes the /Desktop/.DS_Store file.
It seems like Finder cannot recreate/update the .DS_Store after a while.
Anybody else noticed this?
Open Terminal and enter this command "ls -latr Desktop".
This will display all files and sort them with last created in bottom.
The .DS_Store should be in the bottom of the list and be recreated when for example a file is put on the Desktop.
Running Mac OS X 10.6.8.