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Desktop Icon Manager for Mac

Saves/restores icon positions on the desktop.

Free
In English
3.9
Based on 21 user rates

Desktop Icon Manager overview

Desktop Icon Manager (DIM) is an AppleScript which saves and restores the icon positions on the Desktop and Finder windows. There are applications and other scripts that do the same thing, so why is this one different?

DIM doesn't get confused when you store the icon positions at one screen resolution and then restore them at a different screen resolution. In other words, if an icon is at the bottom right corner of the display when the icon positions are stored then that icon will always be placed at the bottom right corner regardless of the screen resolution. There's only one application that I know of which does that, but they want money to do it. Other applications/scripts allow you to save multiple icon positions at different screen resolutions. That's fine if you want to adjust your icon positions for each screen resolution you use. My question is why? You got a Mac sitting in front of you, let her do it.

What’s new in version 4.3

  • Holding option key changes "Memorize Icon Positions" button to "include any Missing Icons" button.
  • Finer control when importing Settings
  • Added command line argument support for opening via Terminal
  • Updated Help
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Desktop Icon Manager for Mac

Free
In English
Version 4.3
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3.9

(24 Reviews of Desktop Icon Manager)

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Annie-Walker
Annie-Walker
Jun 20 2023
4.0.5
5.0
Jun 20 2023
5.0
Version: 4.0.5
Thank you, Gregory!!!
Acheteur
Acheteur
Dec 8 2020
4.0.2
1.0
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Version: 4.0.2
Ne fonctionne pas
dgreensuperhoops1
dgreensuperhoops1
Jul 1 2020
4.0.1
1.0
Jul 1 2020
1.0
Version: 4.0.1
Doesn't work for me as no dialogue box appears when I open it so can't set icon positions
jdavis5548
jdavis5548
Apr 26 2020
4.0.1
5.0
Apr 26 2020
5.0
Version: 4.0.1
Super support, works great
Annie-Walker
Annie-Walker
Dec 20 2019
4.0.1
5.0
Dec 20 2019
5.0
Version: 4.0.1
I can't tell you, Gregory, how happy I am that you updated DIM! What a great Christmas present!! (And I've something for you $$ for Christmas too!) Has always, truthfully, been my most favorite Mac OS application in the history of the Universe!!
Annie-Walker
Annie-Walker
Jun 20 2023
4.0.5
5.0
Jun 20 2023
5.0
Version: 4.0.5
Jdgraf
Jdgraf
Jun 7 2022
4.0.4
1.0
Jun 7 2022
1.0
Version: 4.0.4
Acheteur
Acheteur
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Dec 8 2020
1.0
Version: null
dgreensuperhoops1
dgreensuperhoops1
Jul 1 2020
1.0
Jul 1 2020
1.0
Version: null
jdavis5548
jdavis5548
Apr 26 2020
5.0
Apr 26 2020
5.0
Version: null
arnaldo-attallah
arnaldo-attallah
Jan 20 2019
5.0
Jan 20 2019
5.0
Version: null
coffeetime
coffeetime
Jan 2 2019
1.0
Jan 2 2019
1.0
Version: null
thierrybechard
thierrybechard
Jun 16 2018
2.5
Jun 16 2018
2.5
Version: null
Welandr
Welandr
Mar 1 2015
5.0
Mar 1 2015
5.0
Version: null
hailaidenhale
hailaidenhale
Sep 3 2014
5.0
Sep 3 2014
5.0
Version: null
MushroomLandscape
MushroomLandscape
May 14 2014
5.0
May 14 2014
5.0
Version: null
Upright-Bassist
Upright-Bassist
Apr 13 2014
5.0
Apr 13 2014
5.0
Version: null
Dominique
Dominique
Jan 1 2014
4.5
Jan 1 2014
4.5
Version: null
Iturtle
Iturtle
Oct 23 2013
5.0
Oct 23 2013
5.0
Version: null
Cortig
Cortig
Apr 6 2012
5.0
Apr 6 2012
5.0
Version: null
Baby-Bloc
Baby-Bloc
Jan 5 2012
3.5
Jan 5 2012
3.5
Version: null
22KP
22KP
Dec 29 2011
3.0
Dec 29 2011
3.0
Version: null
Joinerm
Joinerm
Oct 22 2011
5.0
Oct 22 2011
5.0
Version: null
Makrophag
Makrophag
Apr 9 2011
5.0
Apr 9 2011
5.0
Version: null
Big-Mac-XXL
Big-Mac-XXL
Nov 22 2010
5.0
Nov 22 2010
5.0
Version: null
jocatra
jocatra
Mar 20 2010
5.0
Mar 20 2010
5.0
Version: null