FWIW, whenever Finder can't parse the .DS_Store file format, it defaults to opening in icon mode. I've seen this off and on, but especially with Yosemite. My guess is that the .DS_Store file format was never strictly defined (i.e., it's a hack), and it easily goes out-of-spec and can't be read, thus icon mode.
https://www.aorensoftware.com/blog/2011/12/24/death-to-ds_store/ <https://www.aorensoftware.com/blog/2011/12/24/death-to-ds_store/> -Carl > On Oct 26, 2015, at 12:17 AM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since mid-September (roughly, but not exactly around the time I upgraded to > Yosemite), I have run into this Finder annoyance. > > I have an encrypted sparseimage in which I keep information that needs to > stay secure. I open it daily, and close it when I'm done. > > The top level of this volume has always been set to open up in list mode, > like pretty much every other folder on my Mac. But in mid-September, it > started opening up in icon mode. > > I've made all the obvious attempts — set it to list mode and closed the > window, then re-opened it ("Welcome, Icons!"); used command-J to force it > into list mode (no change whatsoever), quit XtraFinder and did all of the > above directly in the Finder (same non-success). I even went into the > terminal and deleted the leftover Desktop* files and .DS_Store so it would be > rebuilt from scratch. It opens up in icon mode no matter what I do. > > Is there something I haven't tried? > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com <http://macsrwe.com/> > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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