How can I make my customized View option in Finder applies to all folders in my Mac ?

[bo-waleed]

I am in Mojava BTY.

I missed the Gallery option list back in Snow Leopard, Why did they replace it for a bad one ?

 

[Ruggy]

I'm not too sure what screen/dialog you are looking at but if it's the one I think it is, 'Use as defaults' is right in the middle at the bottom.

 

[bo-waleed]

I'm not too sure what screen/dialog you are looking at but if it's the one I think it is, 'Use as defaults' is right in the middle at the bottom.

I know about it but it doesn't work property.

e.x I just did my costumozition in Macintosh HD and 'Use as defaults' then went to Apps folder which is under it and it didn't change.

 

[Gregg2]

It does work "properly" meaning the way it was programmed, not necessarily meaning the way you think it works or should work.

Use as Defaults will affect folders within the folder you use it on, except for any folders within that you previously changed the settings for. Thus, it preserves customized folders, based on the assumption that the User changed them for a reason. You will have to reset those folders individually.

The best time to employ Use As Defaults is right after a new OS installation, on the top level folder.

 

[bo-waleed]

It does work "properly" meaning the way it was programmed, not necessarily meaning the way you think it works or should work.

Use as Defaults will affect folders within the folder you use it on, except for any folders within that you previously changed the settings for. Thus, it preserves customized folders, based on the assumption that the User changed them for a reason. You will have to reset those folders individually.

The best time to employ Use As Defaults is right after a new OS installation, on the top level folder.

I think I messed up with this, How I reset all folders to default now ?


Just found the solution, You have to type this in Terminal.

sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

Hope it was safe.

 

[hawkeye_a]

It does work "properly" meaning the way it was programmed, not necessarily meaning the way you think it works or should work.

Use as Defaults will affect folders within the folder you use it on, except for any folders within that you previously changed the settings for. Thus, it preserves customized folders, based on the assumption that the User changed them for a reason. You will have to reset those folders individually.

The best time to employ Use As Defaults is right after a new OS installation, on the top level folder.

My question was similar to the OP's. How does one override the settings of the sub-folders (having been modified in the past). And to override with the base/root folder's options?

 

[Gregg2]

The OP's post #5 above might be your answer. Once you've changed a folder manually, you're stuck with always having to change it manually, unless you do a reset such as post #5 or install an OS upgrade and start over.

 

[Brian33]

How does one override the settings of the sub-folders (having been modified in the past). And to override with the base/root folder's options?

First you would need to delete the settings for any sub-folders modified in the past (see below). Then open a folder in Finder (I don't think it matters which folder), set its sidebar and column widths and Cmd-J options and hit the "Use as Defaults" button. After that, folders you open should have your new default settings, and you can optionally change an individual folder's layout without affecting your default settings.

To delete existing folders' Finder window settings, you have to enter a command in Terminal.app:

The following command will delete ALL folders' settings on the boot disk (even other user accounts' settings) and restart Finder (you must be an admin user):

sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

If you just want to delete existing settings in your home directory use this command (this is what I recommend):

find ~ -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

The settings are saved in files named '.DS_Store'. The 'find' commands start at the specified directory (either the root of the boot drive '/' or your home directory '~'), finds all the .DS_Store files, and deletes them (permanently -- they do not go into your Trash).

 

[hobowankenobi]

....Or if you don't want to wade too far into command line, you can show invisible files once and trash every .DS_Store inside any folder that bugs. A new default file (folder view preference) will be automatically generated.

Keep in mind you will see alot of invisible files, and you don't want to muck around with anything other than a .DS_Store.

You can toggle invisibility via a command, or a third party tool like TinkerTool.

 

[TheOriginalFreak]

It does work "properly" meaning the way it was programmed, not necessarily meaning the way you think it works or should work.

Use as Defaults will affect folders within the folder you use it on, except for any folders within that you previously changed the settings for. Thus, it preserves customized folders, based on the assumption that the User changed them for a reason. You will have to reset those folders individually.

The best time to employ Use As Defaults is right after a new OS installation, on the top level folder.

In a world where your product is to achieve the goal of the user, then NO, it does not 'work' if you have to go through a bunch of hoops like a dog to actually have something "Use as Default".
Here's an idea Apple.
Why not have a "Set All" with a warning.
That way, we can distinguish between "Use as Default (but only on folders that do not already have a DS file created thus overriding this setting and not making it a Default, in the true spoken language use of the term)" and "Set All (go through every folder on this system now and change the setting all the setting as I have indicated for each and every one of them)".

 

[Gregg2]

@TOF
That's a good idea! It would allow the user to decide to override a previous action. Did you cc Tim Cook?