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 (with a humble windows laptop on the side, just in case).
This intro was necessary to let you know how much I love macOS.
That said one thing I hhave been finding quite infuriating is the way macOS handles folders, specifically the window size and the snap to grid function.
Despite having set my defaults int he view menu the first thing after formatting my system, My windows change size all the time, I get folders being outside the confines of the finder frame, like this:
And despite having selected the snap to grid function function, when I create a new folder it is created in the exact point I click and I have to move it manually for it to allign to the grid.
Basically almost every time I open a folder I have to right-click "clean up by name" and manually resize the window, which becomes infuriating if needed to be done hundreds of times a day.
Here's an example:
Lastly, when I delete a folder, a gap remains in the finder, forcing me to do the infamous "rightclick - clean up by name" thing.
Wouldn't there be a way to automate this?
I swear, macOS has been developing for millennia, and yet its most important component (the finder) still isn't nearly as good as it could be.
I'd just like to have a simple solution like in windows, where all the folders are always alligned inside the explorer frame and always in grid when I create a new one.
I have been noticing this thing throughout Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura.
Do you have any ideas on how to solve it?
I fail to remember, but I don't think I was plagued with this on High Sierra and earlier (I jumped from High Sierra to Big Sur).
Thank you very much.
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 (with a humble windows laptop on the side, just in case).
This intro was necessary to let you know how much I love macOS.
That said one thing I hhave been finding quite infuriating is the way macOS handles folders, specifically the window size and the snap to grid function.
Despite having set my defaults int he view menu the first thing after formatting my system, My windows change size all the time, I get folders being outside the confines of the finder frame, like this:
And despite having selected the snap to grid function function, when I create a new folder it is created in the exact point I click and I have to move it manually for it to allign to the grid.
Basically almost every time I open a folder I have to right-click "clean up by name" and manually resize the window, which becomes infuriating if needed to be done hundreds of times a day.
Here's an example:
Lastly, when I delete a folder, a gap remains in the finder, forcing me to do the infamous "rightclick - clean up by name" thing.
Wouldn't there be a way to automate this?
I swear, macOS has been developing for millennia, and yet its most important component (the finder) still isn't nearly as good as it could be.
I'd just like to have a simple solution like in windows, where all the folders are always alligned inside the explorer frame and always in grid when I create a new one.
I have been noticing this thing throughout Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura.
Do you have any ideas on how to solve it?
I fail to remember, but I don't think I was plagued with this on High Sierra and earlier (I jumped from High Sierra to Big Sur).
Thank you very much.
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