[X4U] Using Apple's Find (Command F)

[John Baltutis]

On 09/01/06, Robert Ameeti <Robert at Ameeti.net> wrote:
> At 7:55 AM +1000, 9/2/06, Peter Sealy wrote:
>
>>Do you wish to have CMD-F permanently set up so that responses show
>>in List View for any search?
>>OR
>>Do you wish to have CMD-F permanently set up so that responses show
>>in Last Modified Date order for any search?
>>OR
>>Both?
>
> I would like for Apple's Find to default to finding in List view
> where I can then sort by clicking on a header. Kinda like it always
> was before it got so fancy that you'd have to know what catagory of a
> file you were looking for (or for when you don't care as to the
> catagory but just want to view every type of file in a date (time)
> sorted order.

The only way to do that is to modifiy the default_smart.plist buried within the
Finder.app package (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app). See
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222> for the
details. BTW, Spotlight and Finder Find shortcomings are nothing new, but it
appears that you've just migrated to Tiger.