John Dorsey

Q: Mavericks Finder - how default to "double click opens new window"?

I am old and set in my ways.  I like having the Finder open a new window when I double click a folder.  Since 1984 I've arranged Finder windows in positions and sizes that suit me and I have never seen any reason to change.

 

In Mavericks however there does not seem to be a way to default to, "double click opens new Finder window".  My choices under Finder preferences are, open in the same window; or open in a tab.  I don't care for either.

 

Does anyone know of a way to restore the traditional Finder behavior in Mavericks?  Thanks in advance.

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 18 GB RAM

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 5:54 PM

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  • by Spectralfire,

    Spectralfire Spectralfire Feb 5, 2014 10:58 AM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Feb 5, 2014 10:58 AM in response to Kurt Lang

    We can only hope. I've been here since page 2. Still waiting apple, I sent you feedback.

  • by tkoyn,

    tkoyn tkoyn Feb 17, 2014 10:57 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Feb 17, 2014 10:57 AM in response to John Dorsey

    Any news on this? Any third party fixes or hacks developed?

     

    Can a program such as MacPilot help? Anyone try it?

  • by ChoreoGraphics,

    ChoreoGraphics ChoreoGraphics Feb 17, 2014 12:30 PM in response to John Dorsey
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    Feb 17, 2014 12:30 PM in response to John Dorsey

    Think I am just going to have to figure out a way to go back to Snow Leopard - everything is taking me twice as long to get done now. Some people keep trying to post "workarounds". This is like telling people "Sure Mavericks changed the mouse function to where double-click is now single-click, BUT IT STILL WORKS!" I can pass the written exam on how all these basic functions have changed, but re-learning basic Mac OS functionality that has becom intuitive after 25 years... not so easy! It is hard enough learning all the new key commands in all the apps without having to fight the OS too!

  • by GaryCoyne,

    GaryCoyne GaryCoyne Feb 20, 2014 9:27 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Feb 20, 2014 9:27 AM in response to John Dorsey

    I've not read through the 30 pages of comments so if this is in there, brillient minds think alike!

     

    I do like the ability to have tabs but the claim was that this change would make the Finder like Safari. Well no. If I right-click on a link in Safari, I get the choice to open that link into a tab OR a new page. I don't see that in the Finder.

     

    What I really really want is for a d-click to open in a new window and r-clicking to choose to open in a tab. That for me would be perfect.

     

    What I'm having to do now is to r-click into a tab and then pulling the tab off the page to get the new window.

     

    Sorry Apple, that AINT efficient.

     

    You'd think that with all the noise in these notes that Apple would get the idea that people do not like this. I think the problem is that they do not listen any more, they KNOW.

     

    Sigh....

  • by yfromnor,

    yfromnor yfromnor Feb 20, 2014 11:51 AM in response to Spectralfire
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    Feb 20, 2014 11:51 AM in response to Spectralfire

    I quickly found about 10 threads about this topic, searching under Maveric for "double click folder".

  • by aamatin,

    aamatin aamatin Feb 22, 2014 1:43 PM in response to John Dorsey
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    Feb 22, 2014 1:43 PM in response to John Dorsey

    I also want this functionality returned to the Mac. How stupid!

  • by Adam van Gaalen,

    Adam van Gaalen Adam van Gaalen Feb 25, 2014 11:36 AM in response to aamatin
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    Feb 25, 2014 11:36 AM in response to aamatin

    BAD NEWS...

     

    Apple did not fix this terrible bug in 10.9.2...

     

    Will resubmit a bug-report right away!

  • by Alex Geis,

    Alex Geis Alex Geis Feb 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to Adam van Gaalen
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    Feb 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to Adam van Gaalen

    Hey Adam,

     

    Appriciate the update... very unfortunate indeed

    -Alex

  • by kungfootv,

    kungfootv kungfootv Mar 3, 2014 3:08 AM in response to John Dorsey
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    Mar 3, 2014 3:08 AM in response to John Dorsey

    3 ways to solve the issue, see http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/119859/27015

  • by Adam van Gaalen,

    Adam van Gaalen Adam van Gaalen Mar 3, 2014 3:15 AM in response to kungfootv
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    Mar 3, 2014 3:15 AM in response to kungfootv

    That's not a solution... Who said I wanted no sidebar?

     

    I just want a new window when double-clicking a folder, just like it has been during 29.5 years since january 1984! No more, no less.

  • by Ricky Barnaby,

    Ricky Barnaby Ricky Barnaby Mar 3, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Adam van Gaalen
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    Mar 3, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Adam van Gaalen

    I fear Mavericks is showing signs of IOS7 sickness.

    Oh no!

    That means it going to get worse.

    Maybe theres a windows saboteur among them.

    Surprised they haven't found their handy work yet and put it right.

    Very very strange.

    There is maybe more than one troll there.

    I wonder how many.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 3, 2014 6:24 AM in response to kungfootv
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    Mar 3, 2014 6:24 AM in response to kungfootv

    All things which have been suggested more than once in this topic. None are the solution to the question.

  • by Ricky Barnaby,

    Ricky Barnaby Ricky Barnaby Mar 3, 2014 6:50 AM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 3, 2014 6:50 AM in response to Kurt Lang

    Apple have the solution but something weird is going on there at the moment.

    I think they might be jockeying for position and forgetting us.

    One of my kids has bought a Samsung telephone. Sold his mac and bought a PC.

    The other two have said no more Apple next time.

    And the little one is happy on his old iphone 3 with OLD operating system that actually works.

    Me? Well i am checking out the competition and i find myself quite shocked with myself.

    Also very very disappointed with the company that created an ambasadeur out of me.

    I do not recommend Apple any more and i tend to keep quieter than usual about having a Mac at home.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Mar 3, 2014 7:25 AM in response to Ricky Barnaby
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    Mar 3, 2014 7:25 AM in response to Ricky Barnaby

    Good thoughts. It seems both Microsoft and Apple are on a kick to make all devices with a screen behave the same. It doesn't work.

     

    MS has taken a lot of heat from users about the ugly tiled interface of Windows 8, which MS pushes as "One experience for all your devices." Does it work for the Windows Phone (one of their many coma inducing product names), and Surface? For their phone, pretty well. It's meant to be an active interface like the iOS and is really the only good way to use a small device. For the Surface, it's okay with or without the keyboard if you don't have a mouse. With either, the MS tiled interface just doesn't work as well as Apple's iOS.

     

    But then there's the desktop style of computer. An OS meant to be used as a touch screen interface simply does not work. It couldn't be any more inefficient. Most users hated Windows 8. MS responded in 8.1 by sort of letting you back to the desktop, but not really. Millions of users have paid the $5 for this little app to completely remove the Win 8 tiled interface. That many people wouldn't do it for no good reason. And the reason is that a touch screen interface has no place on a desktop computer.

     

    It was particularly galling to Windows users that all through the Win 8 public beta, a simple one click check box allowed you to bypass the tiled interface so you could use Win 8 like Win 7. Then for unexplained reasons, MS took away that option for the actual retail release. No real reason to, just gone. Why take the option away from users? What difference does it make to MS how YOU want to use YOUR computer? The whole idea is for users to be able to customize their working environment in a way that is the easiest and most efficient for them. Not how someone says you should be using it. Give users all of the possible options and let them choose.

     

    Years ago the idea was tossed around at Apple about a touch screen OS. Jobs said no. No way would anyone want to constantly reach across to a vertically standing monitor to select menu items, etc. A mouse is simpler and much more comfortable to use. Arm fatigue would drive people nuts.

     

    Lion has been called Apple's Vista. I'd say I have to agree. It was a full on attempt to push an iOS interface onto a desktop computer. Complete with Launchpad so your screen would be full of tiled icons like an iPad. Every app I had open when I shut down launches again next time? Who made that decision? As far as I know, the OS can't read my mind and know that I wanted them all open again. The worst part for many users was autosave. Really, you're going to save my files for me? Who says I want those changes saved? You moved or removed Save As from its decades location and keyboard shortcut? Why? Apple got at least hundreds of thousands of calls on that one alone.

     

    At least Apple (mostly) listens. Mountain Lion brought back ways to undo just about every one of those maddening iOS like "features". Save As can be put back in its traditional place with a very simple change in the System Preferences. You can kill all relaunching of apps on a startup or restart. Scrolling can be put back in the traditional direction (based on the direction the scroll bar moves, not the content). A check box added to the System Preferences allows you to close a document without the changes being automatically saved by first asking if you want them saved.

  • by GaryCoyne,

    GaryCoyne GaryCoyne Mar 3, 2014 8:16 AM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Mar 3, 2014 8:16 AM in response to Kurt Lang

    Hey Kurt,

     

    You state: "At least Apple (mostly) listens. Mountain Lion brought back ways to undo just about every one of those maddening iOS like "features". Save As can be put back in its traditional place with a very simple change in the System Preferences."

     

    Huh? Where? Please pass on this knowledge. I'm on Mavericks and I can't find any preference leading to this capability.

     

    thanks,

     

    Gary

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