Hi Glenn, Thanks for the link to the screen shots, now I can see what is happening your end.
Just as an experiment I changed my Desktop & Downloads to: View > As List and 'Arrange By’ None. This then allows clicking on the date column to change ascending/descending etc. Cheers, Ronni On 11/04/2012, at 3:35 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: > Thanks Ronni, > > Looks like this is not a common issue, I'll provide more details about what > is happening. > > Firstly, if you are like me and don’t find “All My Files” that useful, you > can do what I have done and 'hide it away’. > - already done, long ago > > At first glance that’s all you need to do, but you’ll soon notice that > every new Finder window now opens with "All My Files” displayed by default. > - I don't have All My Files as the default, changed long ago > > >> If you don’t find your answer to your Finder View problem Glenn, please >> post back. >> > > In summary: > - I turned off the relevant All My Files preferences after upgrading to Lion > - in most situations, Finder windows behave normally, using List view etc > and responding to View Options > - but ... when a Finder window displays either the Desktop or Downloads > directory, then and only then does the Finder window switch to using the > All My Files style of presentation. That is, if you set the Arrange setting > to any date based option, it breaks by Today, Yesterday etc, and changes > treatment of column headings, stopping any clicking on the date column to > change ascending/descending etc. It is not possible to view either of these > directories using the normal List view > - If from that Finder window I change the display to any directory other > than Desktop or Downloads, Finder drops the All My Files style of display > behaves normally with List view etc. > > This is a bit strange, here is a link to some screenshots showing examples. > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/225757/StuckWithAllMyFiles.pdf > > Thanks for your interest in this Ronni. > > >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.7.3 Lion >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> On 11/04/2012, at 9:56 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: >> >>> Hi Wamug, >>> >>> Using 10.7.3, I can access the (new to Lion) All My Files facility. Nice >>> option to for Apple to offer, however I personally don't find it that >>> useful. >>> >>> For some reason, whenever I view my Desktop and also my Downloads >> directory >>> using Finder, the folder view always changes to use the 'All My Files' >>> style of view. Using Finder to view any other directory uses the normal >>> Finder view. The behaviour seems to be linked to the directory - so for >>> example if I open a Finder window and view Documents, I get the normal >>> Finder view, but then if I navigate to the Desktop, the view changes to >> the >>> 'All My Files' style. >>> >>> The 'All My Files' view isn't the default view for all new folders. But >> it >>> has stuck to these two directories. >>> >>> I've been through Finder Preferences and View Options but can't find any >>> setting that controls this behaviour. >>> >>> How can I stop the Desktop and Downloads folder from using the 'All My >>> Files' view? >>> >>> Glenn Nicholas >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
