OT, am i just a bonehead?

ok, im told there is a way to get the mac OS to open all folders in column view. anyone know how to accomplish this? im sick to death of windows opening to friggn icon view!!! im probably killing 5 min a day, just toggeling view modes...

Hm ... I found it right there in Finder ->Preferences -> Open new window in column view (checkbox)

Those might not be the exact terms because I'm on a german system ...

nope, that doesnt do it. never has and thats why im confused...

That is the prescribed way to do it - it works for me...

However windows that you have previously opened will retain the icon/list/column view depending on what was last selected.

ie: Finder ->Preferences -> Open new window in column view "ticked"

if I open up a new window it should be column but if I had opened it previously and I set the view to icons then it would open up icons NOT column.

Try opening up all your drives and set to column view after you have set your prefs then everything from then on will (or should) be hunky dorey!



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yeah, i did that and its as its always been - some open in column, others in icon.

no matter WHAT i DO, the main Macintosh HD upper right icon ALWAYS opens in icon view

Same here. Its baffled me to no end too. I trashed my finder prefs and it worked for awhile and then it was some worked and some didnt

im glad that im not the only one experiencing the sporadic-ness of the situation... i thought i was just becomming senile at 36!!!!!!

No, I encounter that as well. Freakin' annoying. At least learning the shortcuts (APPLE-2 for List View, my favourite, or APPLE-3 for Column View) helped, but I still have to arrange things the way I like -- File Size first, Date Modified second. Apple really needs to put a feature like FCP's "Save Column Layout" and "Save Window Layout" into OSX.

I'm an Apple 3 man, myself. Yes, this should be a user preference in OS X for sure.



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Works for me, but I don't have the drives shown on my desktop (I'd never find them between all the crap on the desktop anyway ...), I just use the finder symbol in the Dock. That, as well as Apple-N in the finder always brings up column view.

Try opening up a drive, or folder, and then switching to another view mode, then closing the window, without doing anything else. This works for me at least, but only on a folder by folder basis.



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Hope this helps.

Mark

Hmm, that's not true in my experience. Though it's annoying to have to re-arrange the layout every time I create a new folder, once the changes are made, that folder is okay until you change the settings yourself, regardless of how you close the window.

Ok, I'm just going to say it. It's a broken feature that's never worked as it should. I hate to say it, but if I'm on a Windows machine, and I apply the Details view to all folders in the Options menu, then it works. It's always worked, and I didn't have to go back and reopen all the windows I've opened before to make sure they're in the right view.

Surely if Bill Gates can figure out how to do that, Apple can.

Maybe by OS XX?

Andy

PS: I can get it to work on my Mac, but the changes only last until I shut down. When I restart, it's like it never happened.

Right...it never worked as it should. Is it all that bad? Is it worth losing sleep over? Is it worth throwing a hissy fit on a public forum? Is that going to fix it?

...no.

Maybe in OS XI (Litterbox), they will figure out how to open folders in column view before wayne starts throwin' rocks at school busses from the roof of his house

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