Where does OSX store the Desktop layout configuration info? Since early Mac versions, I have been able to rearrange the icons on my desktop. Until I use one of the &quot;Cleanup&quot; options, they can be in pretty much random positions, even overlapping each other. The same layout of of file, directory, and app icons appears on all Desktop/Workspaces.
Where is that information on icon position stored?
What I would like to try doing is having the Desktop folder actually be a symlink that can be set to point to folders Desktop1, Desktop2, etc. I want to use the Current Key app (free) and it's use of AppleScript functions (https://currentkey.com/room-change-alerts/) to change that symlink on the fly, whenever I change desktops, so that I get a different set of icons for each desktop space that I'm in.
I would also like to preserve the layout of each set of desktop icons by also swapping the layout file.
Where can I find that layout file? (If it's a hiddent file in the Desktop directory then I might be home free.)
Thanks.
Mac OS X/macOS stores Finder layout information (including desktop icon placement) within the .DS_Store file that's located inside the current directory.