Snow Leopard Finder Icons Position

Hi!
Sometimes, when i restart the OS the system arrange the icons positions on the left side of the screen...
I have a lot of icons (using two monitors) and this thing is very, very unpleasant!
Anyone solved this problem?
The genius tech's don't have a clue...
Regards

Hi!
The problem isn't in the menu/option, it seems that when you connect external discs (USB or Firewire) and restart the machine, the icons on the desktop are rearranged by the system itself losing the initial position used by the owner of the account.
If tried some tips found in the web but didn't solve the problem.
Regards

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There are a few little ways in which Snow Leopard behaves differently to Tiger, and I'm wondering if (for each item on the list below) anyone has any suggestions on how I can make things behave as I'd like, rather than as they do.
While I'm at it, I've included a couple of things that never behaved as I'd like in Tiger either, but which may also be alterable.
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Also, I'd appreciate those that choose to reply refrain from suggesting I upgrade to Lion or Mountain Lion. These aren't options I can consider at the moment.
1. In the Finder, clicking Go -> Recent Folders gives the 10 most recently opened folders. Is there a way to change this number?
There isn't an option to do this in the "Appearance" preference pane, where "Number of recent items" can be set for "Applications", "Documents" and "Servers". There's also no option to alter the number of "Recent Folders" in any other preference pane that I can see. I've posted a similar list of questions over at the Macrumors forums, where the one reply I've had so far suggested I use the "General" preference pane, however I don't have one of these. I think "General" was possibly a pane in a much earlier version of Mac OS X?
2. In the Finder, folders on the desktop often don't deselect the way they always did in Tiger. For example, if I double click a folder to open it, the folder's icon highlights. The folder often doesn't deselect / unhighlight though when I then click on the desktop or elsewhere. It often takes 2 or 3 additional clicks for the icon to deselect. Is this a known bug, and can it be fixed? The reply in the Macrumors forum says "It's a known bug, it's even worse in Mountain Lion.".
3. In the Finder, under Preferences, I have "Always open folders in a new window" checked, as I prefer. Often though, I like to hold down the "alt" key when double clicking on a folder to open it, so that the enclosing folder closes at the same time as the folder I'm double clicking on opens, thereby overriding the preference I've set.
In Tiger, the newly opening folder would always open at its previously set size & position. In Snow Leopard though, using the "alt" key causes the newly opening folder to open at the size & position of its enclosing folder instead, not at its previously set size & position.
Worse, the folder then seems to "remember" this incorrect size & position which it takes from its enclosing folder, wiping out its previous (correct) size & position. Is there any way to make things behave like they did in Tiger?
The reply in the Macrumors forum suggested I try "alt - command", but this makes things behave identically to "alt" on its own, as does using "command" on its own.
Only when I don't use any modifier key does the opening window open at its correct size & position, but then without any modifier, the enclosing window remains open (as per my Finder preference selection), and its this preference that I often want to override, but with the newly opening window's correct size & position being maintained.
4. In Safari (version 4.1.3) under Tiger, the "Command-`" keyboard shortcut (that's Command and the key to the left of the "z" key) cycles through each open Safari window in turn, before returning to the original window.
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How can I select where I want a search to take place? I could do this in Tiger with a couple of mouse clicks.
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Diamond Dave wrote:
1. In the Finder, clicking Go -> Recent Folders gives the 10 most recently opened folders. Is there a way to change this number?
AFAIK, there's no default setting to change that. Take a look at defaults for Finder.
2. In the Finder, folders on the desktop often don't deselect the way they always did in Tiger. For example, if I double click a folder to open it, the folder's icon highlights. The folder often doesn't deselect / unhighlight though when I then click on the desktop or elsewhere. It often takes 2 or 3 additional clicks for the icon to deselect. Is this a known bug, and can it be fixed?
AFAIK, that's normal behavior. The folder opens and gets focus. To return to the Desktop requires a click to gain focus and the click the Desktop to deselect anything previously selected.
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Still works that way here in SL.
In Tiger, the newly opening folder would always open at its previously set size & position. In Snow Leopard though, using the "alt" key causes the newly opening folder to open at the size & position of its enclosing folder instead, not at its previously set size & position.
Worse, the folder then seems to "remember" this incorrect size & position which it takes from its enclosing folder, wiping out its previous (correct) size & position. Is there any way to make things behave like they did in Tiger?
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Use CMD+SHIFT+F. Ultimately, I strongly suggest creating a savedSearch with your desired criteria and use it, bypassing CMD+spacebar and CMD+F. This is what I use:

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William Boyd, Jr. wrote:
Is running as "root" your normal mode of operation? If so, why? For several reasons that's recommended.
Fred Riley wrote:
Ok, I suppose I should be a bit more accurate. I login as user 'fredriley' which is a user with superuser rights. I don't login as 'root' because that's pretty bad practice in the Unix world (and rightly so), so my original message was inaccurate.
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An error I encountered, pertaining to this, is that I used a 10.6 machine to create a working folder, then generated and saved several files in this location. Expected permissions thus would be Owner = me (i.e. the user I was logged in as), R/W, Group = staff, R only, Everyone = R only. However, immediately the permissions shown in Finder / Get Info consisted only of Everyone = R only, with no entry for Owner or Group. Moreover, clicking + to add either an Owner or a Group resulted in error message that I had entered an invalid user or group, even though I typed in correct info (such as trying to add "staff" as a group).

In Snow Leopard, finder's sidebar used to have search by [downloaded] today, yesterday,past week, all images. I depended on this feature and it seems to be gone from Lion. Has anyone found this?

IN SNOW LEOPARD
IN LION

Thanks for that information!
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Dear forum,
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Yamaeda wrote:
Run it in highlight mode, done.
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https://lavag.org/topic/16660-how-to-get-actual-vi-execution-state/
https://decibel.ni.com/content/thread/18687
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11/7/14 3:44:22 AM Finder[160] 'syso'/'exec' event received from process (pid=1382 r/e uid=0/0 gid=0/0) with different credentials than (euid=501 egid=20)
11/7/14 3:44:22 AM Finder[160] 'syso'/'exec' event received from process (pid=1382 r/e uid=0/0 gid=0/0) with different credentials than (euid=501 egid=20)
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11/7/14 3:44:24 AM installd[1103] Installed "Final Cut Studio" ()
11/7/14 3:44:24 AM installd[1103] PackageKit: ----- End install -----
11/7/14 3:44:24 AM Installer[1070] Running install actions
11/7/14 3:44:24 AM Installer[1070] Removing temporary directory "/var/folders/NC/NCyJCBuLFA89aiXk2E9Xx++++TI/-Tmp-//Install.1070MCY7fc"
11/7/14 3:44:24 AM Installer[1070] Finalize disk "MacintoshHD"
11/7/14 3:44:24 AM Installer[1070] Notifying system of updated components
11/7/14 3:44:25 AM Installer[1070]
11/7/14 3:44:25 AM Installer[1070] **** Summary Information ****
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11/7/14 3:44:26 AM Installer[1070] IFDInstallController 13ED70 state = 5
11/7/14 3:44:26 AM Installer[1070] Displaying 'Install Succeeded' UI.
Sorry to bother with all this, it is probably my fault, somewhere, but I don´t get it and need to have my job done urgently...
Propably reinstalling all FCP Studio 2 ?

backup project and all other work files
clean install Mac OS (this wipes the hard drive clean)
install from installation discs FCP Studio
reinstate the project files

Snow Leopard Finder / file selection sequence ?, Snow Leopard Finder / file selection sequence ?

When I was on Mac OS 10.5... If I had a folder open, and a column of files going down the right side of the desktop... If I opened one of the files (by having the file selected and hitting the keystroke: Command + Down Arrow) - then closed the file, then hit Command + Tab to select the Finder, then hit Down Arrow to select the next file (to open it) - that sequence worked as described.
Now with 10.6 that no longer works - if a folder is open on the desktop. If a folder is open, in the above sequence, after I hit Command Tab to select the (file I just closed in the) Finder, the selection moves to the folder rather than back to the file I just closed.
Which is a giant PITA because I can no longer open and close I column of files in the finder w/o having to reach for the mouse.
Seems like there should be a way to fix that.
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Interesting, never used that method, but will take a look in about 10 hours wgen I have 10.6 available.

Icons and Flash Movies covered in blocks of dots (like static) after upgrade to Snow Leopard!

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my icons and all web based flash content are covered in blocks of moving dots - almost like static. Movies playing in iTunes or Quicktime are fine and images displayed in Photoshop etc. are all OK. I'm guessing it's something to do with my graphics card - ATI Radeon HD 4870 - any ideas anyone? Thanks!
It looks like someone else has had this problem too, a while back, but no solution posted…
https://discussions.apple.com/message/11664170#11664170
Glad it's not just me, but it's still frustrating all the same.

Looks like someone else has had this problem too, a while back, but no solution posted…
https://discussions.apple.com/message/11664170#11664170
Glad it's not just me, but it's still frustrating all the same.

No icons???? Snow Leopard ***?

I just installed snow leopard and *** the icons in applications and on the desktop don't show??

This also happened to me very soon after a clean install.
More specifically, by "clean" I mean that I reformatted the drive, reinstalled a fresh 10.5 (with no post-installation changes or updates), and then installed 10.6 (by inserting the upgrade disk while running 10.5 and following the instructions).
The point at which the icons disappeared is hard to pin down exactly, but it happened within minutes after upgrading 10.6. (The only thing I have done since then is run "Software Update", and install Xcode. I noticed nearly all the icons in the Applications directory were missing. By "missing", i mean entirely blank/transparent. I did not go into this directory earlier, so the icons might have been missing the whole time. Since then, I've noticed icons in other places (the desktop) are blank.)
I haven't had any trouble with the icons on the dock yet.
I've read other forums where people who have this problem sometimes get pixelated icons on the dock:
http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=542917
Here are some more links to other people who seem to be having this problem:
http://boards.ign.com/macgeneralboard/b5146/185160349/p1/?2
http://betterthanlife.co.uk/wp/2009/09/08/osx-10-6-snow-leopard-missing-icons-is sue-suggested-solution/
I am going to reinstall 10.6 again, and see if the problem continues.

Two internal drives, one with Lion, second with snow leopard. Can you do it?

I have a 2007 17" MacBook Pro with two internal drives. The first drive is the Startup Disk with 10.7x Lion.
Question? Can I make the 2nd internal drive a Startup disk? I want to install Snow Leopard 10.6x. I have way too many pluins that don’t work with Lion.

Get yourself a USB flash drive at least 8 GBs. On the computer that has a DVD drive do this:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select the plugged in USB flash drive from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD into the optical drive.
1. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
3. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
entry field.
4. Select the mounted Snow Leopard drive icon from the Desktop and drag it to
the Source entry field.
5. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the USB flash drive. Source means the Snow Leopard drive icon on the Desktop..

Newly created photoshop images/icons missing in finder in Snow Leopard

Ever since installing Snow Leopard, whenever I create a new image in Photoshop and save it to a file, and then I go into that file to look for it, it is missing. The only way I can find the file is if I enter the name of the image in the finder window and do a search - then it says that the image is in the image folder - where I put it - but when I go there, it isn't there. So the only way to find and then open that newly created image, is to remember what I called it, and then enter it's name in the finder serach window. Crazy, Huh? What could be causing that, and how can I fix that?
The other problem that I notice with Snow Leopard is that the newly created icon images in finder are all blurry. The blurriness seems to be random. Some are, some are not. I did a search for that in the forum and it seems that just about everyone is experiencing this problem. You would think after a year of complaints that Apple would do something about this, but they have not. They are completly ignoring the problem.

What version of CS? what Mac even is this?
CS4 or later (CS5.x probably to be current).
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS9EF019E3-76FE-416a-853A-0F338265DB0 4a.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS9EF019E3-76FE-416a-853A-0F33826 5DB04a.html
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Adobe+photoshop+file+save+location

I used Target mode to transfer files to a new iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 from an older Dual core Intel machine (EMC 2105) also on 10.6.8. but originally Tiger 10.4. The operation was successful and I ejected the disk icon from the new machine and po

IS THE SITUATION HOPELESS
I used Target mode to transfer files to a new i7 iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 from an older Dual core Intel machine (EMC 2105) also on 10.6.8. but originally Tiger 10.4. The operation was successful and I ejected the disk icon from the new machine and powered down the old machine. When this was restarted the next day there was a grey screen with flashing Mac symbol alternating with a 'no entry' sign and occasionally a question mark.Keyboard and mouse were unusable so k inserted the original instal disc (No.1 for 10.4. with installer 1.0.4) which came with the machine in 2006 in an attempt to boot from this. The ensuing window said this was not possible and now it cannot be ejected.I have tried everything ! It offers Disk Utility and other options like Terminal but that doesn't work either.I 'repaired disk' and that was pronounced o.k. None of the various keystrokes at start up will work, and the computer will only offer the installer disc continually.The only option would seem to be is to erase the hard drive completely from the disc in the machine.I don't want to do this as there is still material which I need to recover. I think the drive has in some way been corrupted by using it in target mode, and I don't know if there are any other options to try.
Please tell me how to get this disc to eject !

Graham Giles wrote:
Have you seen this type of problem before? I think it could be a serious issue for anyone in a similar position.
No; but then, I've not had occasion to use TDM. I've been using firerwire drives for over 10 years, both FW400 and FW800, with no issues except a bit of instability using a B&W G3 machine.
TDM should be safe. Using cautious, manual copying of files from the Target machine to the Host machine should not result in unexpected loss of files or damage to the Target drive's directories. It should behave exactly the same as if it were an external (to the Host) firewire drive.
• I don't suppose there is anything I can do to 'put back' lost items from a separate Time Machine drive which has an up to date backup on it.
There is probably a way to do that - seems to me that's one of the reasons for a Time Machine volume.
On the other hand, if the Time Machine volume is rigidly linked to the now-absent OS on the original drive, there may be no way to effectively access the files in the TM archive.
I know that using a cloned drive would work well in this instance.
I have no experience with Time Machine, so perhaps someone who has will chime in with suggestions.
With the machine in TDM with the other machine, have you tried running Disk Utility to see if you can effect repairs to the drive?

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