"Name" portion of my Finder windows too long

-open~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder with an Applikation like PrefEdit.app

-find StandardViewSettings->ListViewSettings->columns->kind

-in kind modify the order of the items (by dragging the items) to visible, ascending, width, index

-safe the file

then remove all .DS_Store files of your system

cd /

sudo rm -R .DS_Store

I hope it will help

don’t forget you will do it on your own risk …

For my solution;

1. Opened finder one window only
2. Opened Finder Preference,
3. Disabled the Open folders in tabs instead of new windows.

So far so good for my Maverick experience

I was waiting for 10.9.2 to fix it. It didn't. So I tried your script and IT WORKS! I saved it as a keyboard shortcut using Spark and now the Finder is finally doing what it's supposed to do. Thanks!

This definitely worked for me! Thanks!

It looks like they didn't address any finder bug of 10.9 in their updates until 10.9.2.. These are wrong priorities, basic things are not fixed.

Also having this issue on 1.9.2. Next to the new color tagging function which does not color the whole row of a file but only creates a small dot somewhere in the off where you can't see it because of the width bug is the worst of Mavericks. Kinda ironic.

Thanks!

Many thanks to Heavy LevyMetal-- the applescript with Better Touch Tool really helps for list view.

The other tip I found for column views that open way too wide is a very simple fix: option-drag the first column to your preferred width. This will resize all the columns in that window, and all column views in all finder windows will then open with those column widths in the future. Also thanks to Maddog4U, have disabled open in tabs preference.

Thank you for that script. I have assigned it a hotkey in Butler and it's a big time saver.

+1. Replying to get notifications.

Having the same problem. Also occured in 10.8. Very frustrating as this happens to me several times a day on different Macs. This is a ridiculous bug and this shouldn't happen on a professional grade workstation/operating system.

Most anoying is that they didn't fix this bug yet.

Exactly. And the only thing we can do is to file a bug report.

I was having this same problem, but I think I've found a solution that works for me

I went full screen with Finder and then used ESC to go back to standard view of the Finder window

I then got up the show view options window with CMD+j (t's also on the view menu)

I then hit the "Use as Defaults" button at the bottom of this window and now Finder seems to keep the name column a reasonable width every time I open Finder