Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008

In 10.5, you go to View/Show View Options and arrange your settings as
you want them. Then look at the button at the botom of the options
window which is marked "Use as defaults". It should not be greyed out;
click it and it will become greyed out. You have now set your settings
as the default, and new windows will open with these settings.

However, this is NOT retrospective. So if you want to change a folder's
window to your default settings you must open it, go to View/Show View
optins and hold down the Option (Alt) key. The Use As Defaults button
will change to Restore Defaults, and you can click it to do this. (If
you don't hold the option ke, you will of course change the defaults -
so watch what you are doing).

AFAIK nobody has found a way of applying the default settings to all
folders in one go, whether their windows are open or not.

For 10.4 or earlier, a similar operation is possible, but the steps are
different.

John.

I think you set up the view you want (list view in your case) and then
open the view options (⌘-J) and select the always open in list view
checkbox.

Hope this helps.

graham,

select the folder in the finder side bar by clicking on it. then,
select the view from the finder tool bar e.g  icon, list, column.
next, go to application bar : view > show view options > tick the box
"always show in .... view".
that should sort out your problem.
enjoy your mac,

david