John Dorsey

Q: Mavericks Finder - how default to "double click opens new window"?

I am old and set in my ways.  I like having the Finder open a new window when I double click a folder.  Since 1984 I've arranged Finder windows in positions and sizes that suit me and I have never seen any reason to change.

 

In Mavericks however there does not seem to be a way to default to, "double click opens new Finder window".  My choices under Finder preferences are, open in the same window; or open in a tab.  I don't care for either.

 

Does anyone know of a way to restore the traditional Finder behavior in Mavericks?  Thanks in advance.

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 18 GB RAM

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 5:54 PM

Close

Q: Mavericks Finder - how default to "double click opens new window"?

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

first Previous Page 28 of 39 last Next
  • by Chief of Logistics,

    Chief of Logistics Chief of Logistics Jan 19, 2014 1:14 PM in response to Kurt Lang
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 19, 2014 1:14 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    I think Snow Leopard is great too, it's too bad they dumped it in favor of Lion and what's followed.

     

    You must have a newer machine than what I have, because Mavericks runs horribly on my late 2009 Mac Pro. I'm not sure what kind of work you do on your system either, although it definitely plays a factor in my situation. It really comes down to having to buy a new machine if I want to run 10.9.1 in a way that actually is acceptable; trying to use it now is counter-productive.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jan 19, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Chief of Logistics
    Level 8 (37,999 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 19, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Chief of Logistics

    I think Snow Leopard is great too, it's too bad they dumped it in favor of Lion and what's followed.

    Lion was one of those "full of good intentions" ideas. In my personal opinion (and I think in the minds of many others), it was an attempt to make the desktop OS behave as much as possible like an iPhone or iPad.

     

    Not everybody of course, but users pretty much hated it. Saving changes to my files before I say so, or even bothering to ask if I want the changes saved? Launching all the apps I had open when I shut down my computer last time on the next startup? Who says I want them open?

    You must have a newer machine than what I have, because Mavericks runs horribly on my late 2009 Mac Pro.

    Only slightly. A 2010 Mac Pro that came with 10.6.4. I do have 16 GB of RAM in it though since I run a lot of memory intensive apps, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, the Premiere Pro suite.

     

    Over the years, I've seen a lot of complaints about every OS that has come out, and the common issues of "it made my Mac worse/slow down, etc." Other than truly reproducible and verifiable bugs, I've honestly never had any of these problems. And I attribute that to never, EVER installing an old OS over a new one. I always install a new OS to an erased drive, then reinstall of the apps I use. I do this over a period of about a week as I continue to get work done in the previous OS.

     

    Once I have the new OS and everything I use setup, and test it for incompatibilities or other such things (usually always the need of a few apps that have to be upgraded to work correctly in the new release), then I switch over. I keep using the new OS for a couple of weeks before I decide for sure it's working as expected. I then archive the previous OS and everything on it to a .dmg file and erase that partition. If something does come up that can't be worked around without waiting for a fix from Apple or a third party software vendor, I can always restore the .dmg.

  • by Alex Geis,

    Alex Geis Alex Geis Jan 19, 2014 1:35 PM in response to Chief of Logistics
    Level 2 (460 points)
    Jan 19, 2014 1:35 PM in response to Chief of Logistics

    Hey Chief,

     

    One thing I've noticed with 10.7 and later is that an SSD OS drive makes a HUGE difference. I still have a MacPro kicking here which was feeling some unnecessary pain under 10.8 until I stuck an SSD in the optical bay and made it my boot drive, and the thing seems brand new.

     

    I also have a few mac minis, all 2011 and later.  2 of the mac minis (one 10.8 and one 10.9) that have fusion drives run beautifully. Two other mac minis (also 10.8/10.9), same i7 and RAM specs, but using just HDD, requires a rereboot once every 2-3 days due to some unexplainable app slowdown (lagging, severe choppy redraw delays in going between spaces, etc). CPUs on both machines tend to be 75% idle and RAM usage/page swap usage seems perfectly reasonable, but that brutal lag seems to remain and gets worse the longer the machine runs. Since noticing that, I ended up hooking up a mini external FW800 enclosure with an SSD in it (as I was too lazy to swap out the internal mini HDD and the machine runs in a rack) and use that as my boot volume, and haven't seen any issues with that machine ever again.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jan 19, 2014 2:10 PM in response to Kurt Lang
    Level 8 (37,999 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 19, 2014 2:10 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    And I have problems writing what I mean, too... I wrote:

    EVER installing an old OS over a new one.

    Opposite of that. Should have read:

    EVER installing a new OS over an old one.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 19, 2014 4:31 PM in response to Chief of Logistics
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    Jan 19, 2014 4:31 PM in response to Chief of Logistics

    I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running like lighting with Mavericks. Sound recording and graphic arts use is even faster than in ML and Lion (but I only saw Lion as a Mavericks beta anyway). 8GB ram and a data drive. No crapware installed.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Kevin Clancey,

    Kevin Clancey Kevin Clancey Jan 24, 2014 7:14 AM in response to John Dorsey
    Level 1 (65 points)
    Jan 24, 2014 7:14 AM in response to John Dorsey

    Problem Fixed my way John !

     

    I found a brand new 2012 21.5"  iMac with 10.8.2 Mountain Lion, 2.9 GHz, being sold for $1167.00 delivered.

    Glad I waited to spend my Christmas money. Wish everyone else was as fortunate.

     

    Kevins iMac.jpg

     

    A little larger than my late 2007 20" iMac, runs much cooler and super quicker.

     

    Having been told 17 months ago I have Pancreatic cancer stage IV, the time I have left can not be wasted waiting for Apple to correct problems they have caused with their current OS updates.

    (The chemo is working so far. Only 13 infusions in 2013 has it at bay, remission.)

     

    Next I will repair my iPhone 5 and iPad 4, going back to iOS 6.

     

    As many have stated, Apple, like Microsoft, has run out of new ideas so is changing their software just to give the employees something to do.

     

    And when Apple releases future, "updates", ................

     

    Monkey-Rasberry.jpg

     

    Kevin

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 24, 2014 4:27 PM in response to Kevin Clancey
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    Jan 24, 2014 4:27 PM in response to Kevin Clancey

    Mavericks and iOS 7 have improved our business workflow vastly. Thanks for your work around but no thanks. If we don't keep up with things we will lose customers. Good luck with the health mate. We l wish you well.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Adam Woodhams,

    Adam Woodhams Adam Woodhams Jan 24, 2014 6:09 PM in response to Kevin Clancey
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Jan 24, 2014 6:09 PM in response to Kevin Clancey

    A dramatic step Kevin but I can get where you're coming from!
    All the best with your health mate.

  • by Adam Woodhams,

    Adam Woodhams Adam Woodhams Jan 24, 2014 6:10 PM in response to petermac87
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Jan 24, 2014 6:10 PM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    Mavericks and iOS 7 have improved our business workflow vastly.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

     

    An expansion on this statement would I'm sure be greatly appreciated by many Pete.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 25, 2014 7:26 AM in response to Adam Woodhams
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 7:26 AM in response to Adam Woodhams

    Why? Or are you trying to find private details of my company? If you are then please mind your own business, as I was not even replying to your trolling post, but someone else with a genuine enquiry.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

     

    <Edited By Host>

  • by Adam Woodhams,

    Adam Woodhams Adam Woodhams Jan 25, 2014 7:30 AM in response to petermac87
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 7:30 AM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    Why? Or are you trying to find private details of my company? If you are then please mind your own business, as I was not even replying to your trolling post, but someone else with a genuine enquiry.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

     

    No Pete I do not have a comprehension problem as something that has not been explained cannot be comprehended.


    I was asking a legitimate question about a comment you made. That being "Mavericks and iOS 7 have improved our business workflow vastly."
    As I have found exactly the opposite I'm genuinely curious to know about the experience of others & I'm pretty sure you can explain without divulging any trade secrets.

     

    Replying to what trolling post pray tell?

    And my apologies, I didn't realise this was your private thread, I was under the apparently mistaken impression that these forums were for swapping advice and hints.

     

    Perhaps you may like to have a refresher read here especially sections 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3

     

    <Edited By Host>

  • by Adam van Gaalen,

    Adam van Gaalen Adam van Gaalen Jan 25, 2014 1:37 AM in response to Adam Woodhams
    Level 2 (255 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 1:37 AM in response to Adam Woodhams

    Dear Adam,

     

    > As I have found exactly the opposite I'm genuinely curious to know about the experience of others

     

    I am sure many Mac-users agree with you! Many have problems with Maverick's Finder. Why else would this topic score so many views? I am going to buy a new MacBook Pro soon and, like many others, I am thinking about installing, NOT Mavericks because of it's terrible counterproductive Finder, but Mountain Lion on it.

     

    > I'm pretty sure you can explain without divulging any trade secrets.

     

    I doubt that!

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 25, 2014 2:37 AM in response to Adam Woodhams
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 2:37 AM in response to Adam Woodhams

    You are the one asking the questions. Stick to the topic or start your own thread. I run the latest software and my clients are very happy with their products. What else you want to know?

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Adam Woodhams,

    Adam Woodhams Adam Woodhams Jan 25, 2014 3:06 AM in response to petermac87
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 3:06 AM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    You are the one asking the questions.

    Correct.

    You made a statement about productivity gains in a thread that is full of comments about just the opposite so I, and no doubt others, am keen to gain from your wisdom & experience.

    I too am a business user & I have not found any business workflow improvements. Just the opposite.


    Asking questions of more knowledgeable users and sharing useful information is what these forums are supposed to be about isn't it Pete?

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Jan 25, 2014 8:09 AM in response to Adam Woodhams
    Level 5 (7,402 points)
    Jan 25, 2014 8:09 AM in response to Adam Woodhams

    Cheers

     

    Pete

     

    <Edited By Host>

first Previous Page 28 of 39 last Next