Any Mac users - My desktop image, dock and top nav bars are floating around as my mouse moves over the monitor

[brokenbiscuits]

How do I fix it?

Hard to explain but never seen this before.
I can see the dock at the bottom, but only if I scroll my mouse down to it, it moves up into view. By doing that, the top part whizzes off the top edge out of view. Same thing happens side to side.

Only about 1cm movement, in and out. I have tried the monitor settings but no use.

I am on third mug of coffee and its not helping. Any ideas?

[RubberDuck]

I switched because I wanted to play with the new Firefox - I may switch back in a bit though... depends if it's more stable than Firefox 2 (was constantly force quitting that on mac).

I generally like the freedom of having different plugins which Safari doesn't support. I'm not sure that one is necessarily technically better than the other, tbh. You just end up using the one that suits your way of browsing the best.

[RubberDuck]

And actually, my Firefox 3 seems to be set to google.co.uk by default (maybe I set a location preference somewhere)

[Prufrock]

I take it you use Firefox then? I did on my PC, but I like safari for stuff like being able to mail a whole page. Why did you switch (I'm completely prepared to be swayed by your superior technical knowledge )

[RubberDuck]

(and I was a big Safari fan, but I have rather fallen in love with Firefox 3)

[RubberDuck]

Okay doesn't look like you can in Safari, but Firefox 3 for Mac allows you to specify which search engine you want to use. Does that help?

[Prufrock]

What, instead of Mumsnet?!?

I do have google set up as a toolbar bookmark, but it's not as neat and I feel that hugo (my iMac) should be able to do anything I want him to

[RubberDuck]

Hmm.... not sure ... hang on will have a rummage.

Alternatively, you could set up an igoogle page as your home page?

[Prufrock]

OOh rubberduck I never knew you were a mac queen - can you help me with a problem my apple store can't fix? Is there a way to make my google search in the safari toolbar use google.co.uk rather than .com? I am sick and tired of getting pages based in Cambridge Mass. rather than Cambrige UK

[Fimbo]

Oh dear me, I have just look at the Dock (get me!) and hovered over the zebra crossing - didn't even realise it was there before.

Arrgh. There isn't any hope is there!

[RubberDuck]

you're welcome

[Fimbo]

See told you I was crap!
Ty

[RubberDuck]

psst... it's the bit at the bottom with all the bouncy icons on it

[Fimbo]

I have a Mac and am completely technophobe.

[brokenbiscuits]

Rubberduck I you have your own thread with my thanks and a pic for star of the week.

Thanks everyone else, but your efforts were not up to scratch.

100 lines each

"I will try better"

[RubberDuck]

Actually having now seen it, I'm impressed by how you described it. Bloody hard to explain what's going on!

[brokenbiscuits]

Ruberduck you are my number one macduckqueen

[brokenbiscuits]

I don't know how that happened.
dd1 was using it last night! God knows if there is a shortcut key to it that she used by mistake.

Whhhoooo. I don't feel giddy anymore.

Have you tried it with zoom on?

[RubberDuck]

Oh fantastic - was that it?! Yay, I solved someone's mac problem

[brokenbiscuits]

RubberDuck

I LOVE YOU FOREVER

whhoppppee all right now THANK YOU

[Brangelina]

That must be it. I have Panther I think.

[RubberDuck]

Ah ... had an idea ...

Systems Preferences>Universal Access

Do you have zoom on?

[RubberDuck]

Oh maybe it depends on your dock preferences. I have OS X Leopard with the glassy dock surface thing.

[Brangelina]

I'm not sure I've understood what the problem is[thick emoticon]. If it's your dock moving, go under the apple menu and select Dock preferences.

Other than that I don't know what to suggest, sorry.

Am intrigued by this zebra crossing, on mine it's a solid line. Have I got an old model or something?

[RubberDuck]

Sorry, have no more ideas

[brokenbiscuits]

I think this may just turn into a friday swear thread

'bolliciballarks"