Sounds like what my wife's Windows machine does. On mine (maybe yours?) items on the desktop get arranged in order of type -- volumes top right, folders below those, documents below those. I have my finder arranged "by kind" (Finder->View->Show View Options) but there are other choices, one of which may work better for you. Mike On Oct 8, 2004, at 10:28 AM, Andrew T. Lynch wrote: > I tend to keep my desktop pretty clean, but sometimes I end up with a > lot of stuff there. I would love a "FIFO" "keep arranged by" option. > That is, when I add a new item to my desktop, it would be added to the > end. When I remove something from the desktop, all the items would > shift up. Is there some way to do this? > > -Drew > > > - Andrew T. Lynch > - Chief Zymurgist > - Verisity Design Inc. > - (650)934-6875 > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >