Can't make list mode stick

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

Re: Can't make list mode stick

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 > wrote: > > FWIW, whenever Finder can't parse the .DS_Store file

Re: Can't make list mode stick

It seems that for your particular use case, the .DS_Store file that gets written by the Finder is invalid and not parseable by it. It's broken. If it's possible, can you try your encrypted sparseimage on an El Capitan system and see if this bug has been fixed? If not, your only solution is to

Re: Can't make list mode stick

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,