OS X "arrange by" in column view
I usually have the OS X
Finder
set to display folders and files in alphabetical
order by setting the view mode to arrange the display of files and folder by
name. But sometimes I switch to view by size, etc. However, when I then switch
back to view the files and folders in column mode arranged by name, Finder
doesn't actually display them in alphabetical order, which is annoying.
I finally got to the point where the issue was so annoying that I felt I
had to find a solution. I found Brett Taylor's
HOWTO: Fix file sorting in Finder‘s column view on Mac OS X Lion
article which provided a means to address the issue. Though the title for his
article, which acknowledges Barney-15E's post at
In OS X Lion, Finder will not "Arrange By > Name" in "Column view",
references OS X Lion,
I found the solution worked for
OS X El
Capitan (10.11.6) on my MacBook Pro. I was able to sort the entries by
name by the following steps:
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In the Finder, click on a directory to select it than click
on View on the menu bar, then select Arrange By, then
None.
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Then click on View again and hold down the option key and
select Sort By then Name.