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Change the position of folders in sort by Kind views
Authored by: theocrates on Sep 24, '04 02:37:23PM

There is always a way in Mac OS X--that is, if you have a will.

Getting the Finder to display the window info (i.e., Name, Size, Version, etc) in the order you want was brought up a while back in the hint entitled "Change the default list-view column order". (Do a MacOSXHints search for that article name to find it.) I believe you can also set the default column widths as well by putting a different number between the <integer> tags.

You'll have to edit the Finder's PLIST file, but, believe me, it's not that difficult at all. Just open the file in TextEdit and cut and paste the <dict> tags in the order you want them. Don't be afraid; just follow the pattern and you'll be fine.

Remember to make a backup of the original PLIST file first, in case you muck up the one you're editing.



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Change the position of folders in sort by Kind views
Authored by: zane on Sep 26, '04 09:03:28PM
The hint mentioned above is here:

Change the default list-view column order

...and it's quite a handy little hint. After playing around with it, I was wondering if anyone can advise me on a slightly related topic. No matter what I try, I can't get the "Calculate All Sizes" global property to remain checked. I rely of my list-view's "size" column a lot for calculating folder sizes, and have to check this option for each and every new window, despite having already set it under Global View Option about 50 zillion times.

Is there anywhere in the com.apple.finder.plist file that I can modify to set this property to true, permanently, once and for all?

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Change the position of folders in sort by Kind views
Authored by: theocrates on Sep 29, '04 09:34:09PM

Zane:

You know, I've had the same irritation with the Calculate Folder Sizes and other window preferences. It's like the Finder always defaults to the factory setting for certain preferences.

My understanding of the Finder (both in Classic and OS X), from what I have found out on my own and from what I have read, has unfortunately led me to believe that each window's preferences are more or less set individually; and only windows opened from the original window whose preferences were set will display what you have checked.

Anyway, I do not know of any way to make the preference stick permanently. But at least you have company in this one, minor annoyance!



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