Default Finder View--Setting Across All Folders?

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:57:12 -0500, nospam wrote (in article
<270420081057128573%nospam@nospam.invalid>):

> In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF RemoveThis @News.Individual.NET>,
> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft RemoveThis @mac.coom> wrote:
>
>> 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?

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.


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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:16:19 -0500, TaliesinSoft wrote
(in article <0001HW.C43A02F30001D6DEB01AD9AF DeleteThis @News.Individual.NET>):

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:57:12 -0500, nospam wrote (in article
> <270420081057128573%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>
>> In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF DeleteThis @News.Individual.NET>,
>> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.coom> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>
> 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
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>



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In article <0001HW.C43A037E0001F758B01AD9AF.TakeThisOut@News.Individual.NET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft.TakeThisOut@mac.coom> wrote:

> >>> 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?
> >
> > 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".

you can change the icon size globally in view options.
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In article <0001HW.C43A02F30001D6DEB01AD9AF.RemoveThis@News.Individual.NET>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft.RemoveThis@mac.coom> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:57:12 -0500, nospam wrote (in article
> <270420081057128573%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>
> > In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF.RemoveThis@News.Individual.NET>,
> > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft.RemoveThis@mac.coom> wrote:
> >
> >> 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?
>
> 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.

I believe that information is retained in the .DS_Store file within the
folder.

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In article <tomstiller-0BFD0B.12205927042008 DeleteThis @newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Tom Stiller <tomstiller DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:

> In article <0001HW.C43A02F30001D6DEB01AD9AF DeleteThis @News.Individual.NET>,
> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.coom> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:57:12 -0500, nospam wrote (in article
> > <270420081057128573%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
> >
> > > In article <0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF DeleteThis @News.Individual.NET>,
> > > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.coom> wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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?
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:53:13 -0500, TaliesinSoft wrote (in article
<0001HW.C439FD8900009200B01AD9AF RemoveThis @News.Individual.NET>):

> 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! :-)

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. :-)

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TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.coom> wrote:

> 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.
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On 2008-04-28 04:11:05 -0700, danspam DeleteThis @f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) said:

> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft DeleteThis @mac.coom> wrote:
>
>> 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).

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.
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:22:33 -0500, gtr wrote (in article
<2008042808223316807-xxx@yyyzzz>):

> On 2008-04-28 04:11:05 -0700, danspam.RemoveThis@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) said:

[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
>> 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.

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.


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gtr <xxx.DeleteThis@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> On 2008-04-28 04:11:05 -0700, danspam.DeleteThis@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) said:
>

> >
> > 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'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.
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In article <1ig4osk.t56qwx12o9868N%danspam@f2s.com>,
danspam DeleteThis @f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) wrote:

> 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 ass anyway.

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On 2008-04-28 22:08:17 -0700, danspam.RemoveThis@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) said:

> 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.
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger.RemoveThis@pobox.com> wrote:

> That's just the way it is. It doesn't bother me, because column view
> sucks ass anyway.

Thanks to you and gtr for confirming that this is the way it is supposed
to work, and not some glitch inmy machine.
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