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Set a permanent column view default for the Finder
Authored by: baba on Feb 23, '05 09:12:06AM

Has anyone found where this is actually stored? I'd like to change the defuault view to list view but that's not an option.



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List view default
Authored by: ssevenup on Feb 23, '05 09:01:47PM
Has anyone found where this is actually stored? I'd like to change the defuault view to list view but that's not an option.
Not likely, since the column view default is a boolean toggle in com.apple.finder.plist.

It may be you could copy a plist into /Library/Preferences to accomplish this tip without enabling root though. Someone should try the long way to see where the plist gets stored or what plist gets the property. You might be able to just copy your com.apple.finder.plist there but I suspect it would need some "tuning".

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List view default
Authored by: rprestonatmitre on Sep 22, '05 10:06:20AM

I copied the following to /Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and it seems to be working.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AlwaysOpenWindowsInColumnView</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>



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