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Texas iBook Author

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MacOS Finder: Date Modified vs Date Last Opened

Why does the Finder show that a folder has been "modified" when a file inside the folder is opened then closed without making any modifications?

This has confounded me for years on many devices running many OS versions. I could understand the change of state if I was asking Finder to sort by Date Last Opened, but I'm not. I simply want to keep my latest MODIFIED folders at the top.

Posted on Nov 15, 2017 12:29 PM

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MacOS Finder: Date Modified vs Date Last Opened

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