Genius Ronnie, that solves it. Glenn
On 11 April 2012 16:47, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi again Glenn, > > On your Downloads & Desktop; If you set View > As List - ‘Arrange By’ > > None, > Then in View > View Options you can select ‘Sort By’ > Date Added. > > This then also allows the clicking on the Date Column to change > ascending/descending etc > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 11/04/2012, at 4:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > 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> > -- 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>
