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Interesting. I use a MBP for work, and hate that Finder intermixes directories and files. I much prefer having directories sorted separately: it makes it easi
by orpheline 7y ago
Interesting. I use a MBP for work, and hate that Finder intermixes directories and files. I much prefer having directories sorted separately: it makes it easier to drill down through a hierarchy of all the directories are grouped together...
- kalleboo 7y agoI browse my file system a lot with the keyboard by typing the first few letters in a file name, and if directories are sorted on the top, that means getting to a file starting with the letter "F" is way more difficult when there are also directories named with "F". It also makes things messy when you have related files and folder. E.g. how Firefox saves a website as a "page name.html" and a directory with the assets "page name files". Suddenly these aren't grouped together and copying them together means scrolling back and forth. At least in the Finder on the Mac you can turn your preferred behavior on (it's in preferences/advanced). On Windows AFAIK there is no setting for it.
- dmitriid 7y ago> At least in the Finder on the Mac you can turn your preferred behavior on Per directory. There’s still no way to set the desired view and sorting for the entire system. And DMGs will open with no toolbar and sidebar.
- kalleboo 7y agoI don't mean just sorting a window by file type - Finder has a global "Keep folders on top when sorting by name" preference that applies to all windows. AFAIK there is no way to get Windows to not sort folders on top.
- sixstringtheory 7y agoWhat about sorting by type/kind? Sounds like you might be on sort by none/name...
- neilalexander 7y agoFinder has a preference item called "Keep folders on top" for both "In windows when sorting by name" and "On Desktop".