Desktop Icons seperation

[kolax]

Seem to have a problem with my icons being squashed together and not being in perfect seperation.

Notice the bottom 3 icons are closer together than the top 3.

This causes my external hard drive info (i.e. capacity and available space) to end up on top of the icon below it.

Is there a cure for this?

 

[TheAnswer]

Click on a open space on the desktop, then View > Show View Options...> Snap to Grid. If that doesn't solve the problem, try one of the Keep Arranged By... with whichever criteria works best for you.

 

[joekix]

hi, to the op, how do you get the hard drive icon to show how much hard drive space your using?

thanks

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

hi, to the op, how do you get the hard drive icon to show how much hard drive space your using?

Finder (click on desktop): View -> Show View Options (cmd-J), then check the Show item info option (and the Show icon preview option is also nice).

 

[joekix]

Finder (click on desktop): View -> Show View Options (cmd-J), then check the Show item info option (and the Show icon preview option is also nice).

thanks!

one thing though, what does the show icon preview option do? when i checked it, it didn't do anything.

 

[devilot]

Notice the bottom 3 icons are closer together than the top 3.

Maybe I'm blind, but I think that what you're seeing as a distance discrepancy is actually an optical illusion of sorts. Those bottom three icons have a second row of text that is making them look as if they're closer together when I believe that the icons themselves (minus the labels) are in fact equidistant.

 

[TheAnswer]

thanks!

one thing though, what does the show icon preview option do? when i checked it, it didn't do anything.

It will show thumbnails of .jpgs, .pngs and the like. If you just have folders, links and disks on your desktop, it won't do anything to those.

 

[joekix]

It will show thumbnails of .jpgs, .pngs and the like. If you just have folders, links and disks on your desktop, it won't do anything to those.

that's cool too. thanks a lot and happy earth day!

 

[kolax]

Maybe I'm blind, but I think that what you're seeing as a distance discrepancy is actually an optical illusion of sorts. Those bottom three icons have a second row of text that is making them look as if they're closer together when I believe that the icons themselves (minus the labels) are in fact equidistant.

Interesting theory but the top icon (my HD) has a second line of text and the icon below that is spaced out correctly though..!

I tried the Snap To Grid, didn't work, but when I selected Arrange By... it sorted them out. But when I untick it so I can organise my icons again, it went back to the way it was

I played around with it (I ticked label position right and then below) and it screwed up the icons, but when I came to organising them again they are correctly spaced out now.

Strange but ah well its sorted!

Cheers for suggestions.

 

[TheAnswer]

...I selected Arrange By... it sorted them out. But when I untick it so I can organise my icons again, it went back to the way it was

Try snap to grid again, then select the icons and drag them a little...do they snap into the grid then?

If not, try just going with an Arrange By...that keeps them in the order closest to that which you are used to. You might have to get creative with folder names or labeling them.