Hello David, I always use the Finder in List view which allows sorting by date or anything else. To open a folder in List view, you can either do Cmd-Down Arrow or Cmd-o. Cmd-Up arrow takes you back to the parent folder.
I'm sorry, I can't relate this to Windows as I've never used Windows. Cheers, Anne On 27 May 2013, at 20:21, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I am having a lot of problems using Finder in anything apart from Name > arrangement. > If I go to the view menu and change the view settings to date modified or > date created or any date setting I find it virtually impossible to make > any sense out of finder. > > I did this today in my Music folder and I was placed in a view where I had a > "Group" called Today. > However trying to interact with this group got me nowhere. I tried to > navigate to see if there were some sub folders without success. I could not > open the Today group either. > > Cursoring down I found some confusing folders which did not relate to my > original folder I was in . I eventually found my Music folder but again > could not do anything useful with this. > I am using column view by default. > I must admit I was hoping to find a simple rearrangement of the sort order > in the same way as you get in Windows but I am totally confused by this way > of doing things. > > Rearranging the sort order to name recovered the situation but I would like > to sort files by at least date modified on occasions to help me locate files > . > Is there any tutorial on using finder with Date arrangements which can make > this process useful with Voiceover? > > > David Griffith. > > <--- 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
