Open folders in new window (high Sierra)

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roland_vs Author

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Open folders in new window (high Sierra)

With High Sierra the Finder windows behave differently.

- Why can I not have "Open folders in a new window"

- Why must I hide the side bar to get the above functionality back?

- Why should I hide the toolbar to get folders to open in a new window?

- Is it possible to force set these parameters through terminal?

- Why is in the Finder preferences "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows" not working?

Why am I forced into using those tabs? I really dislike using them.

Why changing this again? Let the user decide what to use!

Argghh$#%^&*()_

Roland

MacBookPro and several other Mac's, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 1:49 PM

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apple_user_pdx

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Oct 4, 2017 10:12 AM in response to roland_vs

Hi Roland -

I had the same immense frustration but found the solution (thank god!):

System Preferences > Dock.

Change "Prefer tabs when opening windows" to "Manually".

Here's the source of my info: MacOS Sierra command N not working

Cheers,

Sharon

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Oct 22, 2017 5:25 AM in response to apple_user_pdx

Sharon, thank you! I thought it was a preference in Finder [where you click to open in tabs] and I had it unchecked and still folders would open in tabs == there wasn't any way for me to connect the preference for the Dock for the Finder window idea, but fortunately you explained it. Thanks again.

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