But at least twice now I've blown away the .DS_Store file at the top level of the volume and let it be rebuilt, and that hasn't solved the problem.
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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] >> <mailto:[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
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