Window columns keeps resetting

I have two MacPro5,1's. I updated the first one to High Sierra a few months ago (Yes, I'm behind. But that's by choice). Was on El Capitan before that. And since upgrading, I noticed that columns in every window I open, keeps resetting. Allow me to explain. After upgrading to 10.13.x, I would open a drive or a folder, and the columns I see are "Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind" (those are the columns I prefer). I would resize it, so that I only see "Name, Date Modified, and Size" (better use of real esate). "Kind" is off to the side, because I still use it. This is how I've alway set up my windows. But since upgrading, whenever I close the windows, and re-open them. The columns would revert back to "Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind" in view. I can keep resizing the columns, but they will always open back up to what it originally was. See image examples below. I just upgraded my second MacPro5,1. And now it's experiencing the same issue. Note, however, the size of the window itself, is not affected. Whatever size it is on closing it, will still be the same size when you open it again. But the columns would have reset themselves.


Columns on open (reverted):



Columns resized:



For as long as I can remember, this has never happened in any iteration of Mac OS I've used, since 1991. Is this a known glitch in High Sierra? If so, anyone find a fix? Or is there a new hidden setting that I can go to, and will fix this issue?


And unfortunately, even though my systems can technically be upgraded to 10.14. I need to upgrade my GPU's to a Metal compatible one. Otherwise, the upgrade won't work. The ones that I have managed to find that is compatible with my Mac Pro's, costs more than my systems themselves. Not worth the upgrade to 10.14.


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 21, 2022 2:22 PM

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Sep 23, 2022 4:51 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks BDAqua. That was one of the first things I tried testing. And it does work. But I lose the "Kind" column, which I do use frequent enough to want to keep in there.


It just seems that Apple moves two steps forward, one step back. Little glitches like this should not be happening at this point in the game. Everything should be improved upon, as it was back when Jobs was at the helm. Without having to risk simple functions that used to work properly. But no longer does. As disappointing as the Mac OS has become over the years, I still find it better than Windows OS. Sadly, these days, not that much better.


Oh well. Ce la vie. Apple went from great, to ok. I really do miss Jobs.

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