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

If I select "Arrange By > Name" in "Column View" in any window, nothing happens. This is a massive inconvenience. I attached an image of a finder window of my applications below, in which the Column view with arrange by Name is configured, but the applications haven't been resorted by name.

It will arrange by name in Icon and List views, but not in Column view. Does anyone know how to solve this? Is it a glitch inherent to OS X Lion that Apple didn't catch?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 23, 2011 12:53 PM

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Aug 29, 2016 10:37 PM in response to Onsight

I have a somewhat similar problem. In the past I could view all my photos in distinct folders according to subject category and that was the way I liked it. Now, I can't seem to bring back those folders. I have tried Arrange and View and can get columns, etc. but that is not what I want.

Hope someone can help.

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

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