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  1. JippaLippa

    How to have folders ACTUALLY snap automatically to the grid, when created?

    Hello. I have been using every single Windows iteration (included Windows Vista and 8) since the days of Windows 95, however I fell in love with macOS on 2010, while using Snow Leopard, back in university. It was love at first sight, and to this day my main work machine has always been a mac...
  2. Ben777

    Finder: "Use as Defaults" never works

    I love my Mac and OS very much! :) But there are few details that keep annoying me for years. On of them: Why is it not possible to make the settings for Finder stick to all Finder windows for good? - For some reason "Use as Defaults" doesn't transfer settings to all Finder windows. - To be...
  3. DrwMDvs

    Set global settings (mouse) across all users, permanently?

    Hello! I work in a computer lab with 11 new 2017 iMac 5ks, running High Sierra (10.13.6). We recently transitioned to wired apple mice and am having trouble setting the scrolling speed and mouse button functions, globally, across all users (new and old). One reason this might be is that after...
  4. Laisha

    "Always Open in Cover Flow" will not stay checked

    My Finder windows now insist on opening in some ugly form which has images all over the place in a disorderly manner. I go to VIEW -> SHOW VIEW OPTIONS and click the box next to "ALWAYS OPEN IN COVER FLOW." The option below that, "BROWSE IN COVER FLOW" also checks automatically. Then I click...