Sequoia 15.5 Finder Window Back/Forward instead of Left/Right arrows?

I assume this just changed in Sequoia 15.5, maybe the prior release. Who thought it was a good idea to change the back/forward buttons from a button in the Finder window to the words "Back/Forward"? And how do I get it back to just showing left/right buttons?

Posted on Jul 8, 2025 10:42 AM

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Jul 8, 2025 11:12 AM in response to den.thed

Thanks - that did it. Yet - who decided that it would be a brilliant idea to change that from settings I've had and never changed since Tiger (10.4)?


Rule #1 of development - NEVER change GUI settings the user had in place with an update/upgrade. I go between 4 different OS'es - and I can't keep up with all the buried options I had set in place nearly 20 years ago and never changed.

Jul 8, 2025 11:23 AM in response to TU57

TU57 wrote:

Sequoia 15.5 Finder Window Back/Forward instead of Left/Right arrows

I assume this just changed in Sequoia 15.5, maybe the prior release.


Thanks - that did it. Yet - who decided that it would be a brilliant idea to change that from settings I've had and never changed since Tiger (10.4)?

Rule #1 of development - NEVER change GUI settings the user had in place with an update/upgrade. I go between 4 different OS'es - and I can't keep up with all the buried options I had set in place nearly 20 years ago and never changed.


I never had that change happen on any update or upgrade...full stop.


Bits get flipped, yes it happens— nothing new there.


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