In OS X Lion, Finder will not "Arrange By > Name" in "Column view".

There seem to be a few glitches in the Arrange/sort model.

You can actually Arrange by and Sort By separately. You can get to the Sort options by holding down the Option key while selecting the Arrangement button.

However, there aren't any sort options when you Arrange by Name. And it doesn't change the sort by option when you switch to Arrange by Name.

Try setting the Arrange by to None. Then, hold down the option key and press the Arrange button. What is it sorted by?

I've been having the same issue, and your answer worked.

You Barney are a Genius!!

BRILLIANT man, It worked!

THANK YOU!!! ➕

Someone found your solution and posted to my similar issue with sort that I posted last Wednesday.

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THANK YOU! I was going crazy over this! Now everything is back to normal! Thanks for your help! ➕➕➕

Why does it have to be that complicated? That new tile view is almost useless, selecting pictures/video deselects the ones that are out of focus.

Thanks Barney🙂

Yipee, This works great. I have ben frustrated by this too for weeks. Seems silly that the Arrange by Name option doesn't seem to work in Lion. Come on Apple...

How can they invent this mad hidden feature ? are they learning from Microsoft ? Please fire the guy who is responsible for that !

Oh, I found a fix for my problem, quite simple. If cover flow is being a pain, click "Show All" at the top right of the window and it will sort it out normally any way you want to.

Thanks!

Thanks a lot dude!

Thanks!!

Thanks too! I looked a long time for this solution! 🙂