Hi- Is there some way I can have folders open sorted by 'kind' rather than alphabetically by name?   I know I can do this on a folder by folder basis by clicking on the title 'Kind' in the window or using the Quick Action/Arrange By.Kind but it only applies to that folder and I'm back to an alpha by name presentation next time I open it.   Old windows had a feature where you checked 'make all folders like this one'.   That's what I'm looking for.

I just recently bought my MacBook Pro and I keep work on a USB stick that I need to use on several windows machines as well.  It makes it hard to find files quickly because the presentation of files and folders is different on the Mac.

I apologize if this is obvious to people but I couldn't find it goofing around, in the MacBook manual, Finder Help files or with a search on this forum.

Cheers
Alec

Quote from: Alec on October 31, 2009, 09:33:01 AM
Hi- Is there some way I can have folders open sorted by 'kind' rather than alphabetically by name?

Alec, you can try forcing some default behaviour when Folder windows open, including that the files within be sorted by Kind.

• open any Folder window, then
• press Command-2 (or select View -> As List)
• click on the Kind column header to Sort-by-Kind
• press Command-J (or select View -> Show View Options)
• Click the 'Use as Defaults' at the bottom of the dialog window

P.S. This default setting will be overwritten in any Folder windows where you've manually Set View Options.