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Re: Problem getting position of desktop items
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Re: Problem getting position of desktop items


  • Subject: Re: Problem getting position of desktop items
  • From: John Stewart <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:51:54 -0400

On 7/21/04 at 1:46, the entity cheshirekat spoke thusly

>I also miss being able to clean up my desktop. I've become addicted to my
>desktop pictures, so it's a bummer having no AS way to quickly clear my
>view. However, I don't usually put stuff on my desktop, it's usually
>stupid installers wanting to put an alias there or mounted volumes that
>get in my way. For internet downloads, I use an AppleScript that creates
>my download folders, but I wish I could automate the System Preference
>and Safari settings when I change folders at the beginning of each month.

Why can't you? All you really need for timing is a login items script that checks for a change of month. Then a bit of code to change the preferences. Here's a start on it. I'd add the rest but I'm at work and haven't the time available to figure out the shell scripts.

property mnth : missing value
set x to current date
set y to month of x
if x is equal to y then error number -128
set mnth to y
-- set the preferences here


As for clearing the desktop, I use 10.3.4 so I have Finder labels available. I have a folder on the desktop into which I periodically move all unlabeled items. Not the same as positioning icons but at least I can see the background picture :)

set p to path to "desk" as Unicode text
tell application "Finder"
move (every item of alias p whose label index is 0) to alias (p & "Desktop Dump:")
update desktop
end tell

JBS
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