GreenAppleCore
Level 1
(7 points)
Q: How to Change View Options for ALL Finder Windows?
I know how to set the view options for each Finder window (text size, sorting, etc.), but is there a way to apply these setting to every Finder window I will open in the future? If so, how?
For example if I change the settings to what I want and click the "Use as Default" box, it only make them the default for that paricular window - not any other.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
baltwo
Level 9
(62,256 points)
Use as Defaults is supposed to carry over to all newly opened Finder windows, but it doesn't change any previously opened windows. If you want to revert all previously opened windows to that view, follow these steps:
Launch the Terminal app (in /Applications/Utilities/), copy & paste this command into the window that pops up, and hit the return key:
sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \;
At the Password: prompt, carefully enter your admin password, since nothing shows up on the screen, and hit the return key. When the default prompt, usually the $ sign, pops up again, quit the Terminal app, restart, and open a Finder window, set it up the way you want, and click on Use as Defaults button. All subsequently opened or created folders should retain that view.
