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User profile for user: HenrikNord
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Finder dosn't sort by time correctly

I decided after a long time to upgrade to mavericks from snow leopard. Apart from some issues it works pretty well. However one issue is really annoying. When I choose to sort by "date" it only groups the files in "today" "yestarday" and so on. Finder does not take the individual time into consideration. So for example, a file from 18:33 can be shown as before a file from 13:37. Why can't finder sort the files completly?!


Sincerely Henrik

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Apr 16, 2014 9:16 AM

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User profile for user: brenden dv
brenden dv
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Posted on Apr 18, 2014 12:23 PM

Hi HenrikNord,


You may be able to arrange the files more to your liking by adjusting the settings in Item Arrangement button (Mavericks has both a Sort and Arrange option). You may find the following articles helpful:


OS X Mavericks: Organize your files in the Finder

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13984


OS X Mavericks: Choose options for viewing items in Finder windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13896


Regards,

- Brenden

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User profile for user: brenden dv
brenden dv
User level: Community Specialist

Apr 18, 2014 12:23 PM in response to HenrikNord

Hi HenrikNord,


You may be able to arrange the files more to your liking by adjusting the settings in Item Arrangement button (Mavericks has both a Sort and Arrange option). You may find the following articles helpful:


OS X Mavericks: Organize your files in the Finder

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13984


OS X Mavericks: Choose options for viewing items in Finder windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13896


Regards,

- Brenden

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User profile for user: aidrummer
aidrummer
User level: Level 1
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Aug 3, 2015 11:03 AM in response to brenden dv

ur link 2 PH13896 sez:

In icon view, to arrange the icons neatly, choose View > Clean Up.

but that's unselectable in my finder (greys those out in the venacular;-)

apparently finder can only sort by anything other than name only in list view, even tho it allows those sorts to be selected in non-list views:-P

here's list view sorted by date:

User uploaded file

and here's icon view not sorted by date, even tho it sez it is:-(

User uploaded file

i guess it's true apple's hmi prowess is a fading memory:-\

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Finder dosn't sort by time correctly

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