AndreGB

Q: Save Finder window size

Hi guys,

 

I know this question might sound stupid at first, but I am a new Mac user (coming from Windows) and I couldn't find how to do that. How do I save Finder window size so, everytime I open it, it will be this size. Preferably, I would like to make it to a certain size so that if I have to resize it on one session, that resize won't be saved (that is, next time I open Finder it will have the size I had set up restored).

 

Is it possible?

 

Thank you in advance.

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Aug 24, 2012 3:55 PM

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  • by Eric Shawn2,

    Eric Shawn2 Eric Shawn2 Apr 8, 2016 3:31 PM in response to AndreGB
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    Apr 8, 2016 3:31 PM in response to AndreGB

    This has been going on for me since 10.7 (I'm currently running 10.8.5), I've tried doing the "set default folder", deleting the .plist file and relaunching the Finder.  Resizing, and turning off and on the "remember documents and windows.  But whenever I reboot my Mac, when I re-open windows, they 1. never the same size as I had them before reboot.  2. They are not in the sort mode I had left it.  3. They are never in the same spot where it was before reboot.  This happens to every window after reboot.

     

    After rebooting, and I set all my windows back to what it was before reboot, I can close and reopen them, and they will pop back up exactly as I just had them before closing them.  But as soon as I reboot my system, I have to start all over again for any window.  It's like OS X, has a default setting that it reverts to after reboot, regardless of the settings you set as "default".  And no, I won't update to 10.9, 10.10, or 10.11.  Chances are, because according to others, this still an issue with Mavericks and Yosemite.  Apart from this issue, and a couple of other ones, my system is running as I want it too.  Not going to chance messing it up by updating.  Usually whenever I update OS, it messes something significant for me.  I've just learned to never update unless I absolutely need too.  Honestly, if I could I would have stuck with 10.6.x.  Imo, that was the best Mac OS ever.  Most reliable, stable, and with features that were actually useful.  Some of those features have since been removed by Apple. And we either deal with not having them anymore, or we have to use third party software to get them back.  My Mac feels more and more like a Windows machine.  Things that just worked, and took few steps to do, now don't work properly, and takes several more steps to do.  Oh Apple.

  • by caroleenie,

    caroleenie caroleenie Jun 1, 2016 10:41 AM in response to Eric Shawn2
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    Jun 1, 2016 10:41 AM in response to Eric Shawn2

    Please help! I am having the same issues.

     

    I am using a 2014 MacBook Pro Retina 13", running Yosemite 10.10.5.

    I am not actually having issues with sizing my finder windows for folders hosted on my hard drive. The issues are with my EXTERNAL hard drive.

    This drive was once plugged into a Mac with an extremely large monitor, but no settings were touched. Now, every time I connect it to my 13" MacBook Pro, the finder window size is larger than my screen and I have to drag and resize and drag more and resize more.

     

    I have deleted the plist and rebooted. Several times.

    I have gone through every folder and drive within finder and changed the display defaults.

    I have used the commands specified in this thread, resizing a window, using Command-Option-W to close it, then holding Option and relaunching finder.

    Occasionally the window size will open the same as I closed it, but not often. If I unplug the external drive, as soon as it is reconnected, the issue is back.

     

    I need a solution that does not involve me adding third party software, because, your expensive product should just, y'know, actually work, without me having to augment it, with additional costs. I have been loyal to Mac for 14 years. This is the last Apple product I will ever, ever buy.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 2, 2016 8:34 AM in response to caroleenie
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    Jun 2, 2016 8:34 AM in response to caroleenie

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old and marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one. Post in the Yosemite community.

     

    OS X Yosemite

  • by neuwelt,

    neuwelt neuwelt Jul 11, 2016 12:06 PM in response to AndreGB
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    Jul 11, 2016 12:06 PM in response to AndreGB

    Open the finder, double click on the top, when it become smaller, stretch it to desired size, and close it.

  • by jasonsteven1212,

    jasonsteven1212 jasonsteven1212 Jul 17, 2016 10:46 PM in response to neuwelt
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    Jul 17, 2016 10:46 PM in response to neuwelt

    champ

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