Files within folders scatter once folder is closed

I sort of see what you mean.

Try this:

1. Create a new folder in the same location as the "misbehaving" folder.
2. Move all the files from the "misbehaving" folder to the new one.
3. Delete the "misbehaving" folder.

Cheers.




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Oh, I see now—it's happening to every single folder.

Try this then:

1. Open any folder.
2. Set the view to your liking.
3. Press Command-J
4. Click "Use as Defaults."

Does this make any difference?

Your Time Capsule mirrors the contents of your hard disk, so of course the folders on it behave the same way as they do on your primary disk.

Did you upgrade to 10.5 from 10.4 or did you do a clean install of 10.5?

Cheers.


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Then it seems like it's a problem of ownership of some .DS_Store files. Let's try to narrow the problem down a bit.

1. Is your main account an administrator account?
2. Is your main account the first created account?
3. Did you upgrade from 10.4 or was it a clean install of 10.5?
4. Are there other accounts on this machine? If yes, are you experiencing the same problem with the view settings not sticking under other accounts?

What you can try as a possible remedy is this:

1. Switch to the Finder, close any Finder windows if they are open, and press Command-F.
2. Search for all items with the name .DS_Store. To do this:
• Click the Kind pop-up menu and choose "Other"
• In the resulting dialog use the "visibility" search attribute to quickly locate the "File invisible" attribute (it will suffice to only type "vis").
• Click the In Menu checkbox next to the "File invisible" attribute and click OK.
• Click the Kind pop-up menu and choose "File visibility."
• Click the Visible Items pop-up menu and choose Invisible Items.
• Type .DS_Store in the "Search for" field.
• Make sure the Search parameters are set to your local hard disk (This Mac) and File Name.
3. Let the search finish completely.
4. Select all found items and move them to the Trash.
5. Log out and log back in.
6. See if you can make the view settings stick.

Cheers


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When I press Command-F and search for .DS_Store there are no results in the search.

Please read my previous post again for details instructions on how to search for invisible files.

Cheers.



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