I just did a quick test. In column view (cmd-3), you can still right arrow on a folder to open it, and left arrow to close it, but typing letters searches that folder first, which list view seems not to do. Also, you have to left arrow a few times to close in list view, but column view you only need to do it once. I almost never care about additional file info, and if I need it I have cmd-i, so I think column view will be my default from now on as it seems to work better. That said, how do I set it to be my default, or will it remember my preference once I hit cmd-3? On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I prefer the column view myself. List view talks too much for me. Most of > the time, I don't need to know the date the file or folder was created. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks all. Yes, I use right arrow to open, but I'll try cmd-o (or cmd-down, >> as I think it does the same thing) from now on and see if that makes a >> difference. I'll also play with the different views to see if one works >> better. >> On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:24 AM, William Windels <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, Alex and others, >>> I simply use column view as my default view. >>> With that view, I press (vo)right arrow to open a folder and (vo)left to >>> close. >>> When I open/close folders on that way, only the contents of that folder is >>> available. >>> Whhen I want more details of a file/folder, , I switch to the list view >>> with command+2 and back to column view with command+3. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> >>> kind regards, >>> William Windels >>> >>> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad >>> >>> Op 7-aug.-2012 om 09:20 heeft "Red.Falcon" >>> <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> Hi Alex! >>>> I suppose you are using arrows to open the folders! >>>> OK when you get to that folder instead of using arrow open with Command+O >>>> and you should have only that folder open and not end up somewhere else! >>>> hth >>>> Colin >>>> >>>> On 7 Aug 2012, at 02:05, Alex Hall wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I was looking through my large media collection to find the songs I have >>>>> to practice for Wednesday. I opened the folder they are in and typed the >>>>> first couple characters, but was taken to the matching song in a folder a >>>>> level up from where I was, which was, of course, the wrong song entirely. >>>>> I find this happens a lot: I'm in a folder, but navigating by letter >>>>> brings me to the parent folder instead of staying inside the folder in >>>>> which I want to be. I don't know why this happens, and maybe there's a >>>>> setting I can change to stop it, but it is very frustrating. I prefer the >>>>> windows way of displaying each folder's content in it's own view, so you >>>>> are in that folder and not jumping around a massive table, never sure >>>>> just which folder you are really in. Might there be something I can do to >>>>> open things in their own views, navigating back with cmd-leftBracket or a >>>>> similar keystroke? I hate to bring up Windows, but I do find Explorer's >>>>> layout a lot easier to manage than how finder does things. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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