Lion: Finder background color options not working.

Question

Level 1

0 points

Lion: Finder background color options not working.

Hi.

Does anyone else have this problem Lion? When I tried to arrange my folders in Finder using "Arrange By" > "Name" its background colour turned from my custom blue to its default white. When I tried to turn it back to blue by right clicking the background and then going to "Show View Options", the background color options (White, Color, Picture) cannot be clicked. Now I'm stuck with white. Can anybody help me with this problem?

I have a mid-2009 Macbook.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 24, 2011 5:51 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Aug 1, 2011 4:22 PM in response to hairybones

I've ran into this same problem.

Reply

Answer 2

idea

Level 1

8 points

Aug 6, 2011 3:41 PM in response to hairybones

Same problem.

Same notebook.

😟

Reply

Answer 3

Aug 10, 2011 12:16 AM in response to hairybones

Same here. The white is very glaring. I also had this happen by doing the same exact steps you did.

I have an aluminum macbook. It was only made by Apple for a brief time. It looks very close to the macbook pro but I cannot remember what year.

😟

Reply

Answer 4

Aug 10, 2011 1:33 AM in response to jabberwock

Actually I just discovered a temporary fix over at this discussion:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3196489

Reply

Answer 5

Jan 13, 2013 9:35 PM in response to hairybones

I had a problem like this when I downloaded Google Earth, I was stuck with a google earth picture in my finder.

When I tried to change it, the Background Options were faded gray and unclickable.

I saw there was a picture in the small square where it says "drag Image here" so I googled some plain white images and draged them right on that square presto chango it changed the that background

Reply

Answer 6

Brentvn

Level 1

0 points

Sep 7, 2013 10:01 AM in response to hairybones

Same issue here. It's been awhile now, why hasn't there been a fix yet?

HELLO Apple?! Are you there?

Reply

Answer 7

Sep 9, 2013 5:09 AM in response to Joseph A.G.

Hi Joseph,

I have just done the same thing as I cannot afford to waste any more time waiting for an explaination as to why I cannot simply delete the original image & chose the white background option.

Why on earth Apple haven't addressed the problem I will never know.

Reply

Answer 8

Apr 11, 2014 10:42 AM in response to hairybones

Once you click the 'show options' there should be a box next to the white, black, and picture options. Once you click on the box you should be able to change your color.

Reply

Answer 9

Feb 9, 2016 1:55 PM in response to hairybones

I have the same problem - except that I have always had pure white backgrounds, and I have never been able to change them.

I am running OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 on a Mac Mini. I wanted to change the background color because I have SVG graphics that are pure white, so it's impossible to see their previews against a pure-white background. :-(

When I select "view options" from any folder on my system, I don't even get the "Background" color submenu AT ALL.

If I click on "icon view", then I suddenly do get a "Background Color" submenu in the View Options Panel... but It is GHOSTED, so I can't click on anything to change it. Super Frustrating!! (Especially because Googling this issue produces countless demo's and explanations showing people being able to "Just change the background"... Just select "view options", and then "Change the color". Yea. Sure. That'd be great if it actually was there!!

It doesn't seem to matter which folder I am in. :-(

Reply