Hi
Am trying to change finder to default 'arrange by kind'. Have gone through the usual process of right clicking in finder, clicking show view options, selecting 'arrange by kind' and then clicking 'use as default' but it doesn't change anything
Any ideas?
Thanks
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Do a backup.
In Finder hold down the option/alt key while selecting the Go menu item. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart the computer, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.
If you want to make your user library permanently visible, run the below command in Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
You will need to do that after any updates.
Hi Eric
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately followed your instructions but no improvement. Changed default settings, moved .plist to desktop, restarted, no change. Then moved .plist back to original location and still no change
Any other ideas please?
Thanks
You are welcome. Does Sort by kind work?
Only for that individual folder. Would like to make it to the default setting so that I don't have to click sort by kind everytime I create a new folder
Try selecting your user/home folder and set it there. Check to see if it changed the other folders.
Change Finder to default 'sort by kind'
