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Q: osx lion - desktop icons rearranged on right of screen after reboot

Since upgrading to OSC Lion...

 

Every few reboots me desktop icons end up all alligned in columns along the right side of the screen.

 

I rearrange them the way I want them. For a few reboots they are fine.

 

Then bam, on the next reboot they are all aligned on the right side of the screen again.

 

I thoght this was a bug that might have been fixed in 10.7.1, but no, it just happened again.

 

Any ideas how to get my icons to stay put?

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Aug 18, 2011 10:01 AM

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  • by Nanahcub,

    Nanahcub Nanahcub Sep 14, 2011 9:34 AM in response to Doctor Pangloss
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    Sep 14, 2011 9:34 AM in response to Doctor Pangloss

    Doctor Pangloss wrote:

     

    Don't know why this worked for me but you can try right clicking the desktop and choosing Sort By...Snap ToGrid. Now right click again Sort By and this time choose None.

     

    Not sure why but I regained control of icon placement after rotating through this drill.

     

    I tried your suggestion Friday and the icons have remained where I put them.  I shutdown each night so there have been plenty of opportunities for them to realign themselves.  Let's hope that's the fix.

     

    Thanks,

  • by Nanahcub,

    Nanahcub Nanahcub Sep 16, 2011 7:58 AM in response to Nanahcub
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    Sep 16, 2011 7:58 AM in response to Nanahcub

    Nanahcub wrote:

     

    Doctor Pangloss wrote:

     

    Don't know why this worked for me but you can try right clicking the desktop and choosing Sort By...Snap ToGrid. Now right click again Sort By and this time choose None.

     

    Not sure why but I regained control of icon placement after rotating through this drill.

     

    I tried your suggestion Friday and the icons have remained where I put them.  I shutdown each night so there have been plenty of opportunities for them to realign themselves.  Let's hope that's the fix.

     

    Thanks,

     

    It lasted a week.  Everything rearranged this morning.

  • by ferite,

    ferite ferite Sep 20, 2011 7:46 AM in response to garytoriello
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    Sep 20, 2011 7:46 AM in response to garytoriello

    I have the same problem. It first occure in Mac OS X 10.6 (you can aviod this by setting Sort by: Snap to grid) and still occure in 10.7.0/1 and not depend on Finder settings. It makes me angry every restart!

    Shame on you Apple!

  • by Hilts66,

    Hilts66 Hilts66 Sep 23, 2011 4:56 PM in response to garytoriello
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    Sep 23, 2011 4:56 PM in response to garytoriello

    I have found that unchecking "reopen windows when logging back in" at shut down seems to solve the porblem.

     

    And, looking back, the problem only started about the same time as I checked the box (as I'd originally deselected almost immediately after the installation of Lion)

  • by Nastypsychoboy,

    Nastypsychoboy Nastypsychoboy Sep 30, 2011 2:03 AM in response to Hilts66
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    Sep 30, 2011 2:03 AM in response to Hilts66

    Im having this same problem, this morning all my nicely aranged desktop icons have been rearranged on my desktop in 2 columns on the right hand side. I previously saw a post which said something about arranging by should be set to none, so i tried that and it solved that problem for a few weeks but now its happening again. 'reopen windows when logging back in' was investigated but i found that when using indesign accross a network if i didnt check that box it would screw up all my links accross the network, really badly, it sort of creates an altenative link, so if i reset and check that box the links i just created dont work and it cant find my files. I cant believe Apple havent sorted this problem yet.

  • by starrboogie,

    starrboogie starrboogie Sep 30, 2011 3:15 PM in response to garytoriello
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:15 PM in response to garytoriello

    I'm having the same problem with both my desktop and my MacAir.... have talked with techies and they have solutions, but none actually work. 

  • by Nanahcub,

    Nanahcub Nanahcub Sep 30, 2011 3:23 PM in response to garytoriello
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:23 PM in response to garytoriello

    I've given up on this,and will need to wait for Apple to fix it.  I've tried every suggestion out there -- snap to grid, uncheck reopen windows, deleted every applicable pref file I can think of -- and while they may work for a couple of days, eventually the icons end up on the right side of the screen.

     

    I wish I knew why it only affects my Mac at work.  My Mac at home is not affected.

     

    I just hope it stays that way.

  • by fredrik34,

    fredrik34 fredrik34 Sep 30, 2011 3:24 PM in response to starrboogie
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:24 PM in response to starrboogie

    One solution is to buy SwitchResX.

     

    I did it. Every time all my icons are re-arranged by Apple I can go back to my own saved set.

     

    But there should be a warning sticker on Lion. "We might have mission control, launch pad and a huge candy store fore you...   but you need thirdparty software to keep your icons in place"

  • by starrboogie,

    starrboogie starrboogie Sep 30, 2011 3:27 PM in response to Nanahcub
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:27 PM in response to Nanahcub

    It affects my laptop and desktop at home.

    sorry!

  • by fredrik34,

    fredrik34 fredrik34 Sep 30, 2011 3:34 PM in response to starrboogie
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:34 PM in response to starrboogie

    For me, it affects my mid-2010 iMac 27inch i7.

    But NOT my mid 2009 Macbook Pro.

     

    Whatever, Apple doesn't seem to care.

     

    I have a friend with the soon infamous "black screen of death".

     

    Apple just doesn't seem to care anymore.

     

    We need to be a million with a problem for it to be a problem.

     

    I've been with Apple for some time. Since the LC.

  • by ferite,

    ferite ferite Sep 30, 2011 3:51 PM in response to garytoriello
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    Sep 30, 2011 3:51 PM in response to garytoriello

    I've filled bugreport to Apple and it was signed as duplicate, so I hope that Apple working hard on solution this bug. However if anybody want increase priority of this bug, report the bug at https://bugreport.apple.com/ (you need AppleID) and who haven't AppleID report the bug here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

  • by kevincsd,

    kevincsd kevincsd Oct 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to garytoriello
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    Oct 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to garytoriello

    For what it's worth, I have the same problem and it's very annoying.  I hope they fix this.

  • by billearl,

    billearl billearl Oct 10, 2011 12:18 PM in response to kevincsd
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    Oct 10, 2011 12:18 PM in response to kevincsd

    Please wait for Lion 10.7.2 which should be available by tomorrow (Oct 11). It likely will fix this.

  • by fredrik34,

    fredrik34 fredrik34 Oct 10, 2011 1:23 PM in response to billearl
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    Oct 10, 2011 1:23 PM in response to billearl

    That sounds promising.

     

    Do you have word on this, or is it just your wish?

  • by billearl,

    billearl billearl Oct 10, 2011 2:10 PM in response to fredrik34
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    Oct 10, 2011 2:10 PM in response to fredrik34

    I have no word on this, but IMO it is critical that Apple fix it very soon.

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