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When I plug my external hard drive into my Mac in the morning it never goes to where I want it on the desktop, it loads at the bottom of the screen then I put it on the top of my desktop and next day it goes back to the bottom when plugging it in gain. Any fix for this? My drive is a LaCie Backup Drive bought at Apple Store, and it's 500mb. This never happened until I update to Sonoma all other update stayed where I wanted it.
iMac 24″, macOS 14.0
I have not devoted extensive effort into determining the reason Macs will retain or forget the position of an external hard disk icon on the Desktop, but all I can tell you is that some of them stay put, and some of them don't.
If there is a way to get them to stay where you put them I don't know what it might be.
I and others had the same issue with Sonoma. No issues with prior OS. What I did was to move them where I want then right click on screen, sort by and pick snap to grid. Then they may move again. Turn off snap to grid, reposition and try the click to grid again. I did this several times now my drive icons stay put.
The grid is not visible, but it's there nonetheless.
Also, since you appear to use the external disk every day, why do you unplug it every day? It may be that if you leave it connected and it's 'on & available' at the time your Mac boots, your disk icon may remain in place.
That's what I do. I have 3 external disks attached to my Mac. They are connected all the time. Once I placed their icons in the upper right corner of the screen (my preferred location) they have never moved.
frank_the_snake_master_01 wrote:
Where? If I shut down at night does that mess up the load if my drive inside my iMac?
Please explain your question in more detail. I don't understand its relationship to my previous post.
Rt click on desktop, choose "sort by" then select "snap to grid"
John Galt
Thanks for the info maybe someone else will have info.
Thank you
Frank
tbirdvet
I do not see the grid, what do I click on?
MartinR
Where? If I shut down at night does that mess up the load if my drive inside my iMac?
MartinR
Meant where is it located and someone else told me where it was. the birdvet helped me find it
external hard drive
