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Curtis Tucker Author

Level 2

290 points

Arrange by "Date Added" lists recently added files with "No Date"

One of my favorite new features in Finder is the option to "Arrange by Date Added".

I have a folder with three items added today. As expected, when viewed in Finder they are listed at the top of the window (in column view) in the "Today" section.

When I want to add these items as a new "source" in Handbrake, the newly added items in this folder do not appear in the "Today" section. They appear in the "No Date" section instead.

The same thing happens when, after processing with Handbrake, I want to add the newly created media files to my iTunes library. They appear in the "No Date" section of the window rather than the "Today" section.

To recap: Files added to a folder today appear in the "Today" section when viewed in Finder. The same files appear in the "No Date" section when viewed through applications other than Finder.

Has anyone else seen this problem?

Mac mini (Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Aug 18, 2011 8:00 PM

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T. Cruse

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Feb 18, 2017 9:28 PM

I have a solution that worked for me. While you are in your application, for me, let's say I'm looking at the finder through Indesign, trying to find my last modified file. you click the "Change item arrangement" icon and select "None." this lists the true last date modified files, instead of filing them under "No Date." "Change item arrangement" icon is shown below. hope this helps!

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Oct 13, 2014 3:53 PM in response to T. Cruse

THANK YOU T. CRUSE!!!!!! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR. This worked for me! freakin finally! I've been struggling over this ever since I bought my computer ugh.

hop1967

Level 1

8 points

Oct 19, 2014 10:52 PM in response to Curtis Tucker

Yosemite did not fix this annoying issue.

Where I can report this to Apple??

Curtis Tucker Author

Level 2

290 points

Oct 20, 2014 5:13 AM in response to hop1967

I installed Yosemite on my machines over the weekend and...yes, this issue is still present. I haven't tried troubleshooting to find when and where it specifically presents itself but, it's still a problem for me (at least sometimes).

I have to replace a hard drive later this week (as soon as the parts arrive). Rather than duplicating, then restoring my hard drive, I'm going to do a clean install. Maybe this will do the trick.

Oct 31, 2014 1:53 AM in response to Curtis Tucker

I concur, this issue is still present in Yosemite, and not hardware related as I changed that at the same time!

I suggest we simply adopt the workaround described in http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/99365/mac-os-x-file-open-dialog-cant-so rt-or-resize-columns and forget about this quirk!

wesser

Level 1

50 points

May 6, 2015 10:02 AM in response to aspren01

Zapping pram fixed the problem on 10.10.3 as well.

MadSap

Level 1

5 points

May 17, 2015 5:33 PM in response to Curtis Tucker

NO date!

Are you kidding me!

STILL HAPPENING SO ANNOYING

*** apple! happens in nearly all software and blah blah

mostly Photoshop, but also text files and more.

GRRRR

Jul 24, 2015 3:59 AM in response to MadSap

Apple tried to charge me 25$ to troubleshoot this today.

Fittts

Level 1

4 points

Sep 4, 2015 4:10 PM in response to CanciusSwe

Still happening to me often! By the looks of it, in this thread, it has been going on for many years now. Hey Apple people, do you guys ever read these discussions that are on your website? How is it that you don't have designated jobs for people to get to the bottom of these issues and communicate honestly with your users in this forum that you have provided?

Sep 29, 2015 2:30 PM in response to hop1967

Well, I'm "glad" to see others with this aggravating problem. Saving by Date Created is very important to have the latest version show up on top of the list. Not down in a group with NO DATE.

Sep 29, 2015 2:53 PM in response to hop1967

I just zapped my PRAM and this seemed to fix it.

Sep 29, 2015 2:54 PM in response to Curtis Tucker

I just zapped my PRAM and this seemed to at least temporarily fix this problem.

Sep 30, 2015 1:51 PM in response to hupernikomen

Only a temporary "fix". Computer was never put to sleep, but after extended time on Apples screen saver, the latest files saved again, go to the bottom of the list in the NO DATE area. Maddening.

Sep 30, 2015 1:58 PM in response to aspren01

This "solved" the problem for me temporarily. After overnight non-use in screen saver mode, computer is back to abnormal behavior. It just started with the advent of Yosemite for me. And it's a global system-wide phenom -- any dialogue box from Adobe products or Apples Safari has the same behavior.

Oct 2, 2015 7:04 PM in response to hupernikomen

I just upgraded to El Capitan and the date problem is resolved....for now!

Oct 6, 2015 9:30 AM in response to hupernikomen

Not quite resolved. For the most part it still *****. I hope Apple fixes this.

Arrange by "Date Added" lists recently added files with "No Date"