tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post8196751129806348409..comments2024-03-13T01:50:29.516-04:00Comments on A New Mac Tip Every Day: Showing file size for folders in list view!Frederic Tremblayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217907875517130801noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-13514629391170682172011-11-16T04:53:25.673-05:002011-11-16T04:53:25.673-05:00Do you know how to show the "Make default&quo...Do you know how to show the "Make default" box available every time you hit the options?Pedro Góeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06706805704314761583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-72868527744060176822011-08-16T03:12:14.099-04:002011-08-16T03:12:14.099-04:00Thanks!Thanks!גיל ת.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09214872126344341447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-90195429596117923182010-03-05T18:40:45.342-05:002010-03-05T18:40:45.342-05:00I just found this tip, THANKS!!!
I love my Mac b...I just found this tip, THANKS!!! <br /><br />I love my Mac but this was driving me nuts.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224059735066690856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-3390576015341664522007-10-28T06:23:00.000-04:002007-10-28T06:23:00.000-04:00The thing with the default view, I am relatively n...The thing with the default view, I am relatively new to Mac OS X, but discovered that changing the default view of folders to say, column view or icons worked only for some folders.<BR/><BR/>I accidentally discovered that when a folder does not show up the way you want it (column view), you can jut click at the top of the Finder window, on the icon with the three columns on. For some reason, fromUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941133771141982715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-26059211553366525762007-10-26T04:56:00.000-04:002007-10-26T04:56:00.000-04:00Ah yes. One of my annoyances with my new macbook i...Ah yes. One of my annoyances with my new macbook is that I seem to have to tell it every time to show me my files in column view. It's odd. Sometimes they just show up in column view, but then sometimes they're back in list view, or icon view. Please can anyone tell me how to set column view as my default? ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-41942255196685170802007-10-25T22:41:00.000-04:002007-10-25T22:41:00.000-04:00Hey Jake, I used to expand the colummns all the ti...Hey Jake, <BR/><BR/>I used to expand the colummns all the time as well, but then I realized that if you hold the pointer over the file for a second, it displays the complete name. <BR/><BR/>Hope that helps!Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758377632993953915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-19141767116068838212007-10-25T14:39:00.000-04:002007-10-25T14:39:00.000-04:00What annoys me is that there is no way to set a de...What annoys me is that there is no way to set a default column size in list view. I hate having to always expand the name column. Unless I'm missing something and somebody here can enlighten me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146458058521326655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-2211502135758877132007-10-25T10:36:00.000-04:002007-10-25T10:36:00.000-04:00I too have problems setting window options to "All...I too have problems setting window options to "All" windows. What I find really odd is when a window appears in list view when opened by double clicking, but it opens in Icon view when dragging files into the folder that should display in list view.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping Leopard solves these problems since I have yet to figure out how to solve them in Tiger.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855942278449749305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-82502136224751008662007-10-25T10:06:00.000-04:002007-10-25T10:06:00.000-04:00Like Omer and Terry, I also would much rather pref...Like Omer and Terry, I also would much rather prefer using Columns over list or icons. It's much better for browsing through folders.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662807199937028796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-69026265258694126212007-10-25T09:55:00.000-04:002007-10-25T09:55:00.000-04:00I like list view too, but my finder windows more o...I like list view too, but my finder windows more often than not open in icon view. So I dutifully go to View Options and change to "list view" and "in "all windows" and still new windows open in icon view. Any way to get the list view to be the REAL default in "all windows"?Richard Elyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480889189618946210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-64026117906463548842007-10-25T07:39:00.000-04:002007-10-25T07:39:00.000-04:00I generally prefer Column View for actually just f...I generally prefer Column View for actually just finding files, and in fact I have set all folders by default to that view. However, I can definitely see the benefits of list view when needing to know the size and other info of files is an issue. One good example (and something I think I will implement) would be to set any web development mirror folders to list view to more closely mimic what youTerry Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547779431435203460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-70699141155595926952007-10-25T02:02:00.000-04:002007-10-25T02:02:00.000-04:00Do you really prefer list view over columns? Colum...Do you really prefer list view over columns? Column view is probably in my top 10 favorite things about OS X; it is the best way I've ever seen for navigating through files.Omer Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488602019708200643noreply@blogger.com