Whole desktop moves when moving mouse

On my iMac it has just started to move the whole desktop when I move the mouse or when sliding single finger across trackpad. Can anyone help me disable this.

Thank you BBISMUTH all ok now!

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Hey i have this kind of problem that when i move my mouse also the dock moves little bit at the same time and it's really annoying. So it's not moving a lot but just little bit and also the panel where is the clock etc is moving or maybe shaking is better word to discribe the problem. If i move mouse up and down the dock etc goes up and down little bit and when moving left to right it goes left to right.
What can i do to fix this problem?
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Check universal access in system preferences and see if you have zoom activated. When the screen is zoomed even a tiny bit one of the options is that the screen moves with the pointer. You can use option⌘- to make it normal and option⌘= to zoom.

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We deleted all our .DS_Store files and Finder prefs/plists but folders still move when an image is dragged to them. We see this on both our two MacBook Pros, and even with a newly created account.
A workaround is to use "Save Image As..." instead of dragging but ten+ years of habit and muscle memory make this undoable.
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Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
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Screen image moves when moving the mouse

I inadvertently changed either the mouse or expose settings last evening and now my screen is magnified so that some icons are off screen. If the mouse is moved the screen image jerks over to reveal the hidden areas in a horrible way. Does anyone have any idea how I can get things back to normal? AJ

You should be able to change the magic mouse's settings
and perhaps select to turn off some of the features which
have enabled the unwanted effects.
Since I have an older single-button Apple Pro black mouse
with the clear case and black/green circuit board inside, I
can understand the issues a newer design mouse brings.
Several multiple-button mouse products I've tried (not wi-fi)
were unsatisfactory due to the unwanted effects set into
motion by various accidental activations.
The Magic Mouse has a touch-surface, so you may have
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The touch gestures sometimes activated by just trying to
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an area you may have to do some searches into; some
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and some topics include custom gestures. There may be
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One site with a list of motions that produce more effects:
• "Add more gestures to your Magic Mouse"
http://stagingkiller.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/add-more-gestures-to-your-magic-mo use/
{There probably are some other sites with helpful hints
about how to disable some of the existing ones. The
control settings in System Preferences may be a start.}
• MagicPrefs is a must download for Magic Mouse owners (freeware)
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/31/magicprefs-is-a-must-download-for-magic-mouse-own ers/
Other preference selection software to control gestures can be read
about in this linked web page with some comparison products:
http://www.geeksology.com/how-to-add-additional-gestures-to-apples-magic-mouse/
Sorry to not be as much help as initially thought; and
hopefully some other answers will be forthcoming.
Good luck & happy computing!

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
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So i grab it (the libray) and drag it outside the other folder when i noticed i was actually copying the whole library outside.
When you move an item on the same volume then it just moves. When you move an item between volumes then it gets copied. This sounds like you've moved your Library from one volume to another.
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o it is really strange if i'm not bump even into one image at all, and how a folder can just delete itself, specially a big one like that.
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It sounds like your display is zoomed. Open System Preferences, Universal Access window. You will probable see that "Zoom" is set to "On". You can either turn it off there, or use the hotkey combination cmd-option-8 to toggle Zooming. See there is also a hotkey for zooming in and out. You must have hit the "zoom in" hotkey inadvertently.
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