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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / April 2008Default Finder View--Setting Across All Folders?
Is there a way to set the default view for all folders visible from a user account? That is, I would like to have every folder open in default view so that if I make a change to default view it will affect every single folder. I am using OS X 10.5.2 on a MacBook Pro Many thanks in advance for suggestions and/or curses! :-)  SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > Is there a way to set the default view for all folders visible from a user > account? That is, I would like to have every folder open in default view so > that if I make a change to default view it will affect every single folder. what type of change? > I am using OS X 10.5.2 on a MacBook Pro in leopard, whatever view you pick (icon, list, column, coverflow) is the one that's used for all folders unless you specifically set a folder to retain a particular view. this is different than in tiger and earlier where the view mode was per folder. > In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF@News.Individual.NET>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > what type of change? As an example, I might want to change icon size and have the change apply to every folder that might be opened. >> I am using OS X 10.5.2 on a MacBook Pro > > in leopard, whatever view you pick (icon, list, column, coverflow) is the > one that's used for all folders unless you specifically set a folder to > retain a particular view. this is different than in tiger and earlier > where the view mode was per folder. I think that somewhere along the line variant views other than "default" were applied to some folders. What I would like to do is to override such settings with a single action that would apply to each and every folder, or at least all folders subservient to the currently open folder. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com >> In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF@News.Individual.NET>, >> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > As an example, I might want to change icon size and have the change apply to > every folder that might be opened. Oops, poor wording! I should have said "have the change apply to every folder that might subsequently be opened". >>> I am using OS X 10.5.2 on a MacBook Pro >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I think that somewhere along the line variant views other than "default" were > applied to some folders. What I would like to do is to override such settings > with a single action that would apply to each and every folder, or at least > all folders subservient to the currently open folder. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > >>> Is there a way to set the default view for all folders visible from a > >>> user account? That is, I would like to have every folder open in default [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Oops, poor wording! I should have said "have the change apply to every folder > that might subsequently be opened". you can change the icon size globally in view options. > > In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF@News.Individual.NET>, > > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > with a single action that would apply to each and every folder, or at least > all folders subservient to the currently open folder. I believe that information is retained in the .DS_Store file within the folder. SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > > > In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF@News.Individual.NET>, > > > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.coom> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > I believe that information is retained in the .DS_Store file within the > folder. It is. But there's no documented means to change it en mass like the OP is asking, and the .DS_Store file holds information in it that people might not like to lose if they tried deleting it as a way to reset to the default view. > Is there a way to set the default view for all folders visible from a user > account? That is, I would like to have every folder open in default view [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Many thanks in advance for suggestions and/or curses! :-) Somehow things now seem to be working as I wanted. If I open Finder, select Show View Options from the View menu, select the properties I wish every folder to have, and then select Use as Defaults, it appears that every folder opened will adhere to these properties. Why this didn't seem to work until now boggles me! Who knows what silly mistake I was making. :-) SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > Somehow things now seem to be working as I wanted. If I open Finder, select > Show View Options from the View menu, select the properties I wish every > folder to have, and then select Use as Defaults, it appears that every folder > opened will adhere to these properties. Where is Use as Defaults? I can't see it in Show View Options (my folders open in column view, perhaps that's why). I think there is a bug in 10.5.2 rather than my error, as others have reported it. But, although I have turned off 'show icon preview' it keeps coming back (after any logout and logging back, I think). I am still wondering if I have failed to confirm something. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read >> Somehow things now seem to be working as I wanted. If I open Finder, select >> Show View Options from the View menu, select the properties I wish every [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Where is Use as Defaults? I can't see it in Show View Options (my > folders open in column view, perhaps that's why). Open the window in question in the Finder. (What is the name of that window by the way?) Select View > Show View Options. (Or the short cut: alt-j) When the view options window is open, the last think in this window is a button named "View as Defaults". Until you modify something in the window, it is greyed out. > I think there is a bug in 10.5.2 rather than my error, as others have > reported it. But, although I have turned off 'show icon preview' it > keeps coming back (after any logout and logging back, I think). I am > still wondering if I have failed to confirm something. I have found the same thing but only with the Applications windows and few other windows that I think the system doesn't want jacked with: Public and Desktop to if memory serves. No amount of changes will have them opening up in my preferred way after a reboot. Many others do, though. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. [snip] >> I think there is a bug in 10.5.2 rather than my error, as others have >> reported it. But, although I have turned off 'show icon preview' it keeps [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Desktop to if memory serves. No amount of changes will have them opening > up in my preferred way after a reboot. Many others do, though. On a somewhat casual inspection I've noticed that although my view preferences applied to the Applications folder itself they did not propagate to some of folders within. For example the folders within Freeway 5 Pro were not modified but those within FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced and iWork '08 were. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > > Where is Use as Defaults? I can't see it in Show View Options (my > > folders open in column view, perhaps that's why). [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > named "View as Defaults". Until you modify something in the window, it > is greyed out. I've discovered the issue here, but Idon't yet know if I have something wrong (corrupt preferences?) or it is the way it is supposed to work. I see a "View as Defaults" button for icon view, list view, and cover flow viw. But it is*not* present on my system in column view. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > I see a "View as Defaults" button for icon view, list view, and cover > flow viw. > > But it is*not* present on my system in column view. That's just the way it is. It doesn't bother me, because column view sucks a.s anyway. SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR > That's just the way it is. It doesn't bother me, because column view > sucks a.s anyway. Thanks to you and gtr for confirming that this is the way it is supposed to work, and not some glitch inmy machine. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > I see a "View as Defaults" button for icon view, list view, and cover > flow viw. > > But it is*not* present on my system in column view. Correct, in that view the option is unavailable. Since I don't use that view I didn't notice that. A friend uses column view at all times. I've never used it. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. |
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