Lion: Finder: Column View: Date Last Opened is not show correctly

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Lion: Finder: Column View: Date Last Opened is not show correctly

Hi Folks,

I have upgrade my macs from 10.6.8 to 10.7.

I am using the column view in the finder and I noticed that the

Date Last Opened is not show correctly in the preview column.

If I use the the list view and show the column Date Last Opened

all dates are correct. Using the column view, the Date Last Opened

allways matches the Date Last Modified.

The attached screenshot shows an example with the same

file at in both views mentiond above.

I have noticed this problem with internal and external drives

using the filesystem Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Is there way known to fix this behavior. In Snow Leopard it worked fine.

Thank you for your support.

Mac OS X (10.7), Finder, Column View

Posted on Aug 17, 2011 5:35 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 30, 2011 12:22 AM in response to Codefreak

Same here, however I found a strange work around.

Go to your applications folder, for instance. Click the gear icon, go to Arrange By, then select Date Last Opened. It will correctly show the last opened time and arrange them accordingly. Switch back to arrange by name and the last opened date reverts back.

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

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Answer 2

Jan 18, 2012 6:39 PM in response to Codefreak

Same here. This is quite annoying, since I was hoping I could rely on the information shown anywhere. Now it turns out that there's places that show incorrect info.

This is suprising considering the care shown in other areas of the OS.

How do we open a trouble ticket for something like this?

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