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

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  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 3, 2014 8:27 AM in response to GaryCoyne
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    Mar 3, 2014 8:27 AM in response to GaryCoyne

    It's not the least bit intuitive. It's one of those "you already have to know how" things.

     

    See this post.

  • by Spectralfire,

    Spectralfire Spectralfire Mar 3, 2014 12:48 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 3, 2014 12:48 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    Kurt said:

    At least Apple (mostly) listens. Mountain Lion brought back ways to undo just about every one of those maddening iOS like "features".

    Maybe if we are lucky Apple will do this with "Mountain Mavericks" since they appear to not really care that they took this simple option out for this OS...

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 3, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Spectralfire
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    Mar 3, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Spectralfire

    It is a head scratcher that they replaced the original option rather than just making the tabbed folders a second choice.

  • by PlotinusVeritas,

    PlotinusVeritas PlotinusVeritas Mar 3, 2014 10:39 PM in response to kungfootv
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    Mar 3, 2014 10:39 PM in response to kungfootv

     

    kungfootv wrote:

     

    3 ways to solve the issue, see http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/119859/27015

     

     

     

    Thats not a solution at all 

     

     

    *FAIL

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 4, 2014 7:42 AM in response to Alex Geis
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    Mar 4, 2014 7:42 AM in response to Alex Geis

    I will do command-shift-N, but I'd say at least 10% of the time, I still accidentally do command-N, in which I have to then do command-W and then command-shift-N (resulting in 3 commands instead of 1).

    I created a very minor, sort of workaround for that. In the System Preferences, open the Keyboard settings and click on the Shortcuts tab. Click on App Shortcuts at the bottom.

     

    From here, I was hoping to assign New Finder Window as some other keystroke, and then New Folder as Command+N. However, Mavericks won't let you assign Command+N to New Folder. So click the + button to add a new shortcut, then give it the menu name New Finder Window. Now enter a keystroke you would likely never use from the desktop. I gave it Command+Option+Shift+N.

     

    What happens then when I "accidentally" press Command+N for a new folder, the system just plays the sound for a mistake without opening a Finder window. So there's nothing to close and you just say to yourself, "Oh, yeah." and press Command+Shift+N.

     

    Not really a fix, but eliminates the need to close the Finder window you didn't want in the first place before pressing Command+Shift+N for the new folder you did want.

  • by keriah,

    keriah keriah Mar 5, 2014 5:41 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 5, 2014 5:41 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    Kurt,

    Do you happen to know if a 3rd-Party solution such as Path Finder might provide a way to restore the old behavior being discussed here?

     

    (PF is one of the apps that was mentioned in the thread discussing how to get back folder/file 'highlighting' in the Finder ... I really really try to avoid apps like that. that get close to changing core system behavior.  But if it could do double duty in fixing both these annoying 'improvements' by Mavericks then I might be tempted.)

     

    Thanks for all your useful & constructive tips!!

  • by cmaus,

    cmaus cmaus Mar 5, 2014 11:47 PM in response to keriah
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    Mar 5, 2014 11:47 PM in response to keriah

    Interestingly, Path Finder does the absolute opposite.

    I never liked that app BECAUSE of its one-window-system.

    It doesn't remember individual view settings for folders either.

  • by Gat0r,

    Gat0r Gat0r Mar 6, 2014 3:59 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Mar 6, 2014 3:59 AM in response to John Dorsey

    I switched to Path Finder a couple months ago and love it.  Far more options than Finder.  Actually made the switch to regain labels on files and folders but found out it's so much more.  Haven't looked back...

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 6, 2014 6:39 AM in response to keriah
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    Mar 6, 2014 6:39 AM in response to keriah

    Do you happen to know if a 3rd-Party solution such as Path Finder might provide a way to restore the old behavior being discussed here?

    I don't think so. It's an app that appears to work separately from the OS's Finder.

  • by hursey,

    hursey hursey Mar 6, 2014 11:15 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Mar 6, 2014 11:15 AM in response to John Dorsey

    Extremely frustrating.. I see no reaso to have eliminated this functionality!

  • by Alex Geis,

    Alex Geis Alex Geis Mar 6, 2014 11:43 PM in response to John Dorsey
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    Mar 6, 2014 11:43 PM in response to John Dorsey

    Ok, so I just saw an auto-email regarding a reply on this post by "Helgason". I came here to read it and it's not here anymore (must have been removed due to some TOS or something). Needless to say, I read through the post in the email, in which he claimed he wrote a plugin that is easily installed to solve this problem.

     

    Hopefully many people on this board have seen it, because I just tried it myself and it IS A SOLUTION. I now have normal double click and command-O working as it did in early OS X and pre OS X... the original default double click and command-open, and the installation was painless and took under 30 seconds.

     

    -Standing Ovation-

     

    My guess is apple is restricting the post due to having a link to downloadable files. If there is interest, and with Hegalson's permission, I would be happy to host a public link.

  • by Helgason,

    Helgason Helgason Mar 6, 2014 11:59 PM in response to Alex Geis
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    Mar 6, 2014 11:59 PM in response to Alex Geis

    Alex Geis, you're free to upload it to any free file sharing site and share it anywhere you like on the web.

  • by Alex Geis,

    Alex Geis Alex Geis Mar 7, 2014 12:04 AM in response to Helgason
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    Mar 7, 2014 12:04 AM in response to Helgason

    Many thanks. As you can see from this long thread, this has been a passionate issue for a lot of people. I can personally say that this is going to return the workflow here to normal and prevent a considerable number of obsentities through the day. It's actually been such a PITA that I've literally held off updating to 10.9 on work machines, so it'll be a fun weekend to get everything up to date.

     

    I figure many people will chime in, but for now... THANK YOU!

  • by Alex Geis,

    Alex Geis Alex Geis Mar 7, 2014 12:17 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Mar 7, 2014 12:17 AM in response to John Dorsey

    SOLUTION

    (courtesy of Helgason)

     

    http://klx.to/xaJTj

  • by Adam van Gaalen,

    Adam van Gaalen Adam van Gaalen Mar 7, 2014 2:39 AM in response to Helgason
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    Mar 7, 2014 2:39 AM in response to Helgason

    I just downloaded and activated it. Works GREAT!

     

    Helgason just made my day!

     

    Now I wonder how long it will take before Apple officially fixes the bug that crippled Mavericks' Finder.

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