I'm setting up a new Mac, and when I drag icons on my desktop (or in Windows, if I switch them to icon view), the icons don't snap into place unless I hold the command key down.
I can't recall how to make that "snap-to-grid" the default. And I can't find it in the Finder's View Options or Preferences.
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With the desktop active, under the View menu, choose Show View Options (or cmd-J) and select Snap to Grid in the Arrange by drop-down.
Still available under later versions of OS X, but now in the Sort by drop-down (still under Show View Options):
Apple (command) + J, under View Options there is a drop down at the bottom "Arrange By:" select "Snap to Grid."
Right click on the desktop, and click Sort by there should be a 'snap to grid' option
You can over ride it using the command key if you cant find the option.
For folders, open folder and right click to get popup menu
Select "show view options"
Select the "Sort by" combo box and there select "Snap to grid" as above.
Strange anyway that Apple hid this function so deep under "sort" behind already "show view options". IMHO snap to grid should be selectable all folders at once and be on at default...
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