Hi David, Many thanks - that fixed the problem. When I looked at view options for column view the arrange by was set to Name and the sort by to size.did When I set the arrange by to None and the sort by to Name all worked as before. I too am now unclear about the difference between arrange by and sort by. Can anyone enlighten us? Best regards.....
Paul Hopewell On 6 Oct 2011, at 18:37, David Griffith wrote: > I had a problem a bit like this.. I am speaking from memory but I found that > when I set the arrange by button in view preferences to none and the sort > order to name the problem resolved itself. I do not quite still understand > the difference between arrange and sort but this worked for me. > > David Griffith > d.griff...@btinternet.com > > > > On 6 Oct 2011, at 18:15, Paul Hopewell wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am running Lion 10.7.1. For a long time I have been using Finder in column >> view with arrange by name. this has always behaved as expected. >> >> Today some of my files and folders are not being displayed in the correct >> sort order. The display order seems pretty random and certainly not sorted >> by name. If I change to icon view or list view or cover flow view then they >> do display in the correct sort order. There just seems to be a problem with >> column view particularly in folders which contain a lot of files. >> >> Any ideas on anything I might have done to cause this, or is it an obscure >> Lion bug? I have tried rebooting a few times and cleaning up disk >> permissions using Cocktail but all to no effect. >> Best regards.... >> >> Paul Hopewell >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
