Arrange issues

In a Finder window, in List view, click on any column header. You'll see a list of columns you can choose. One of them is Kind. Sel ct it, then you can drag it to any column location you want. Kicking on that column header will sort window contents by Kind. Clicking again will cycle between ascending and descending orders.

Hi !

Please open finder and select the first box change the item arrangement , just hover the cursor over the box , choose kind .

I see that you are trying to arrange the icons in Applications folder. If you try it, for example in Documents, you have the option of arranging by Kind. But if you try it in Applications, there is no option to sort in Kind. I've tried it myself and the result is the same.

Try sorting in some other folder than Applications and see what happens.

Cheers.

And another thing. Try pressing Option key (ALT) and right click. The "Arrange by" should switch to "Sort by" and the Kind option should be available, even in Applications folder.

Try it and let us know.

Cheers again. 🙂

Please open finder and select and select the first box in this screen shot .

Take your cursor on top menu bar and click on view a right tick will be shown in screen shot , arrange by kind .

militantmind wrote:

Yes I can sort by KIND in list view, but I don't want to live in list view, I want to sort by KIND in icon view, which I cannot do.

First try creating a new user and test.

If that doesn't work try restarting in Safe Mode and test.

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You should get this menu in icon view;

If all the Apps you have are represented by icons with the .app extension then you will not get the Kind option in Arrange By. However if like me you have Apps that are in folders such as Adobe apps then you will get the option to choose Kind.

Although this doesn't explain why you don't get the option, because all the Utilities are in a folder.