Re: OS X Desktop
Re: OS X Desktop
- Subject: Re: OS X Desktop
- From: Kiel Gillard <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:07:02 +1100
I'm not sure if this will help, but check out the NDAlias source here, specifically the - (void)finderLocation method on line 187.
https://github.com/nathanday/ndalias/blob/master/Classes/NSString+NDCarbonUtilities.m
Kiel
On 07/12/2010, at 10:11 AM, Charlie Dickman wrote:
> In the days of System 9 there was a thing known as the desktop database and a number of applications/utilities that "remembered" the location of things on the desktop and would restore a saved configuration on command.
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> For some time now I have been trying to find a similar OS X implementation that actually works. All of the ones I have tried mess up when trying to restore a saved desktop state; some put icons on top of other icons and some place the icons off the screen.
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> I've tried searching the web for a description of where OS X keeps desktop icon placement information, how to read it and how to save it with no luck.
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> I was wondering if anyone on this list could help me in my quest.
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> Charlie Dickman
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