Need help with icons frozen on desktop in El Capitan. 10.11.6

Strange occurrences just happened out of nowhere on my 2011 27 inch iMac running El Capitan 10.11.6. I have numerous folders and documents on the desktop perhaps too many but they've been there for years and movable at my discussion, and never a problem before. All of a sudden they got rearranged and I can't move any of them. Is there anyway to unlock them and be able to move them around the desktop anywhere I want. Thank you for any help anyone can give me on this interesting occurs that just recently happened. 

Posted on Dec 23, 2022 05:05 PM

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Dec 23, 2022 08:57 PM in response to dmfett

once I boot in safe mode, does it automatically repair the disk and clear lots of cash and load, safe drivers and prevent loading a third-party extensions? I don't have to do anything else other than just go on that mode. Of course I need to see if the icons on my desktop will move around. If they don't what do I do then? Since it's late at night? I probably won't get to this until in the morning.

From How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support:


Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software as it starts up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.


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Dec 23, 2022 08:54 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for your quick response and taking time to answer me. I have a follow-up question for you and it's this, once I boot in safe mode, does it automatically repair the disk and clear lots of cash and load, safe drivers and prevent loading a third-party extensions? I don't have to do anything else other than just go on that mode. Of course I need to see if the icons on my desktop will move around. If they don't what do I do then? Since it's late at night? I probably won't get to this until in the morning.

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