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Desktop Icons Suddenly Moved

Woke up this morning and my MacBookAir icons had all been moved to the right and I cannot move them! I am on Mojave 10.14.6 and didn't even have the darn thing plugged for an update! Please help. Thanks.

Mac OS X Server

Posted on Jul 30, 2021 8:31 AM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2021 9:04 AM

Highlight one icon then Select All using CMD+a keys, then CMD+j keys to select View Options, try Sort by = None.

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Jul 30, 2021 10:20 AM in response to juanitaanita

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

<script src="https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA"></script>


The important part of the above is between the quote marks...


https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

Desktop Icons Suddenly Moved

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