Dropping items "in place" on Mountain Lion desktop I run a multi-monitor setup at home with OS X ML as my main driver. Sometimes for a task I need to be able to drag-and-drop items from a folder to a particular spot on the desktop.  

The problem here is that when I drag and drop an item on the desktop, it doesn't fall where the cursor is. It automatically gets moved over to the main monitor in the right column.  And I have to drag it back where I want it on the desktop. This is annoying. 

How can I get osx to let me drop files precisely where the cursor is on the desktop?
Check that the option Snap to Grid is not enabled.

Right click on your desktop to activate the window displayed in the screenshot.



I'm not running OS X Mavericks by the way; I'm just using the background :)