snap to grid?

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snap to grid?

hey i have a question, on this leopard, how do i make it so that icons stay nicely and snap to grid? i mean i went to view settings and chose snap to grid and made it default but on some folders some icons are still all fuzed up around in the folder instead of being one next to the other nicely?

intel imac 20', Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 24, 2008 4:58 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 24, 2008 5:26 PM in response to jmanwee

Snap to grid only applies to items on the desktop. If you want to clean up the items inside of a particular folder just go to the View Menu and click Clean Up. That or just change the view to list or columns.

George

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jmanwee Author

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Jan 24, 2008 6:11 PM in response to jmanwee

clean up orders all the icons in place in a specific folder? how do i make it order all the icons nicely to grid in the whole computer?

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pr100

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Jan 24, 2008 6:23 PM in response to jmanwee

Choose 'Use As Defaults' from the bottom of the Sow View Options Menu -- after you have changed any folder window to icon view and Snap to Grid.

Unfortunately, no existing icons will move automatically. You will have to choose Clean Up from each folder's toolbar the next time you open the folder in icon view. I agree - it's a pity that this can't be done automatically by the Os.

Simon

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jmanwee Author

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Jan 24, 2008 7:23 PM in response to jmanwee

thanks

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