I have a MacBook Air running Mojave. It keeps rearranging the files in my folders; whenever I open and close a file, it ends up in a different place in the same folder. How can I get it to stop doing this?

I have a MacBook Air running Mojave. It keeps rearranging the files in my folders; whenever I open and close a file, it ends up in a different place in the same folder. How can I get it to stop doing this?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 4, 2020 8:21 AM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2020 8:51 AM

You need to set the View options on your mac/ folders. click on the Desktop and then click on View in the menubar and then Show View Options, there you can choose how to sort your items. Also open a folder and do the same.

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I have a MacBook Air running Mojave. It keeps rearranging the files in my folders; whenever I open and close a file, it ends up in a different place in the same folder. How can I get it to stop doing this?

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