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User profile for user: ApMaX
ApMaX Author
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Desktop items get unsorted after cold boot on Snow Leopard 10.6.2

The Desktop items get unsorted after cold boot on Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard).

I have about 25 items (mostly aliases of files or folders) on the Desktop, sorted as vertical rows on left and right side of the screen.

When the issue hits, they all get located as vertical rows on the right side of the screen, unsorted in relation to their custom relative position before the issue.

Any idea? Thanks.

Mactel, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 13, 2010 1:13 AM

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User profile for user: ApMaX
ApMaX Author
User level: Level 2
154 points

Jun 30, 2012 5:05 AM in response to 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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User profile for user: krister67
krister67
User level: Level 1
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Aug 20, 2012 6:20 AM in response to ApMaX

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.

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Desktop items get unsorted after cold boot on Snow Leopard 10.6.2

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