[X4U] Finder default view-Was "Is there a....."

[John Drake]

Ed, when you click on your desktop, best to do this with all folders/apps closed, you'll be in the Finder.

Then in the main toolbar, next to the Apple logo you'll see:

Finder  File  Edit  View  Go  Window  Help

........click on File and a drop down menu appears.

Select: New Finder Window from that menu.

Then select View from the main toolbar, at the bottom of that drop down you'll see: Show view options (you can also get this menu by clicking on the button with the gear icon)
If you want all your windows to have the same view be sure to select: All Windows.
I just logged in to my G4 running 10.4.11 to verify these steps.


--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] Finder default view-Was "Is there a....."
> To: jdljm at yahoo.com, "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 1:15 PM
> John:
> 
> Thanks, but I cannot get step 1,  I cannot see:  while in
> Finder select from the File drop down
> 
> There is no finder select.
> I am at 10.4.11 is that the issue?
> 
> Ed
> 
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 6:54 AM, John Drake wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm having a similar problem in that the main
> finder view always defaults to Icon view, but when I select
> a folder it comes up in Column view which is the default
> setting I've chosen. Time and time again I go through
> this and it always reverts, someday it'll stick.
> > To elaborate on Neil Laubenthal's instructions:
> > 1. Open the new finder window - while in Finder select
> from the File drop down.
> > 2. When the new window opens - click on the
> "Gear" button, select "Show View
> Options".
> > 3. Make sure you have checked/unchecked any
> appropriate box for your preference.
> > 4. Select your preferred viewing option from the four
> buttons at the top of the new window.
> > 5. Close the window. (Offer a sacrifice to the gods of
> all things OS - you know an old memory stick or any dead
> electronic item you've not gotten around to
> trashing/recycling, not that we're superstitious or
> anything)
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