Folders Not Auto-Organising in Finder

[lukerees83]

I recently upgraded my to a new external HD drive and copied all my data across from my old one. The old one had a flaw when indexing the folders in finder, it doesn't remember what you tell it to organise folders by and jumbles them all up every time (pictured). This has been duplicated in the new HDD. Can anyone advise how to stop this happening?

Thanks.

 

[JohnDS]

In Finder, with at one Finder window open and selected, pull down the View menu to View Options. Check on the view you want and at the bottom, click on Use as Default.

 

[\-V-/]

In Finder, with at one Finder window open and selected, pull down the View menu to View Options. Check on the view you want and at the bottom, click on Use as Default.

You can also access the view options setting by clicking Command + J in the current window.

 

[lukerees83]

That appears to have fixed the problem, thanks!

 

[Gregg2]

Use as Default will not change settings for windows that you have already manually changed with Show View Options. (at least that was true before - I have not experimented with it in El Cap)