Launchpad app icons keep moving

JakeBLunsford wrote:

I am very sorry to announce that I was wrong. I got so excited because this is the first time that I have rebooted and all my apps were in the same place since the problem started happening in August. And it was perfect three times in a row, and then it just started doing it again. I am so sorry, and angry at my darn MacBook pro that is having many other issues as well. AAAAHHHHHHHHH.

Another old, dead thread bouncing back to the top again today. That's about 10 and half marked as resolved months ago.

If you have your own issues, perhaps consider opening your own thread and asking for assistance. When threads are so out of date and especially marked as resolved by the Original Poster, then few people are likely to even bother reading them.

Cheers

yeah, still there in 10.7.3. happens to me daily, really annoying (sort-of like how the weather widget moves regulary...since forever...)

apple needs to implement something like the free launchpad system preference, at least we can organize app icons somewhat.

The only fix I found is quite simple, let say you have your 8 last apps on the 1st lauchpad screen that moves. Drag them all to the second screen. Then, replace them one by one on the 1st screen according to your choice. When you've done that, restart your Mac and see if they move. They shouldn't move anymore.

Let me know 😉

THANKS! Your tip worked! Although for me, I didn't have to drop the icons onto a different screen. I started out by hover-dragging them to the next screen (NO NEED TO DROP EM THERE) and then hover back to the original place where you want it to be and drop it. I did this for just a couple icons and it all sorted itself out across the rest of the icons -- so I really only had to deal with something like the first four icons and everything ~magically~ sorted itself out.

Although we shouldn't be relying on magic for this stuff to work the way it should!!

I had the same problem and as most of you, I find it annoying, so I tried a PC solution: I put all my apps on a Launchpad second page, emptying the first page. I, then reboot two times (just to make sure) and moved the icons on the first page again. Now it's been OK for about three weeks. You don't get a Mac to do those kind of things and I hope they'll solve this issue, altough it's a minor one, I like my computer neat and clean.

Definitely still happening in 10.7.4. Launchpad behaves so nuts that it's not worth the bother. I really liked it when my apps were where I expected, but in the end I've just stopped using it. Trying a bunch of time-consuming voodoo tricks that may or may not work for a given person is hassle I'd rather skip. Apple can fix this; I probably can't.

Think of it like Dashboard: once in a blue moon you might use it. The rest of the time, just pretend it doesn't exist.

I'll revisit it in Mountain Lion and see if it's reliable.

known issue! send feedback to apple about this.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

then they will address it.

Yea, I seem to have the same problem however only the icons on the bottom half of launchpad seem to move and not the top half... Has anyone found a fix?

this is happening to me too. a little too many bugs in lion for my liking.

I don't think there is a fix for this, and it's almost futile at this point to rearrange the icons. best to wait for 10.7.3 or greater...

Same here. Quite annoying not finding your app's icon on it's usual place.

I'm having the same exact problem, but I'd rather not clear out the SQLite database and start over, as Gooster's CNet article suggests.

10.7.2 GM is not fixing this problem. It's driving me nuts! It's a day full of disappointments. Better get use to the Apple without Steve Jobs.

I still have the icons automaticaly moving in Launchpad in Mac OS X 10.7.2 😟

I don't have any of the three applications that you mentioned, and I still have the problem of the Launchpad icons moving around.