I can see the duration of my video files but I can't find a way of sorting them (longest last, for example). I have sorted them by file size but a shorter video will not always be a smaller file size. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks people.
Mac mini, 10.14
You can do so while in List view by right/control clicking in the blank area next to "Name" and mark "Duration". That will add a new column and you can click on its name to toggle between ascending and descending.
You can do so while in List view by right/control clicking in the blank area next to "Name" and mark "Duration". That will add a new column and you can click on its name to toggle between ascending and descending.
Once you have followed dialabrain's advice, you can click on that Duration heading in list view and drag it across to appear before the date column to avoid scrolling right and left to see the duration.
Also, in a Finder window's search field, or in Spotlight, you can ask for all videos in seconds. It is unfortunate that they did not allow the actual time code (hh:mm:ss) here but its Apple:
duration:<200
duration:>5000
duration:4905-6000
This should just return all video types with a duration field. There are kinds for movies, Quicktime, MPEG-4, etc.
(kind:movies OR kind:MPEG-4) AND duration:<1000
Many thanks. That's helped me a lot (and saved me from losing even more hair!). It would be nice if they'd include this option when viewing as icons, but for now that's great.
Best wishes.
You're welcome.
Thank you. That's very helpful.
Best wishes.
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