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Is there a way to preserve or remember sort-by preferences for different folders in column view in Mac OS X?

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Mar 15, 20263657 views
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For example, I would like to have folders in column view, and to have Folder 1 always to show files sorted by kind, and Folder 2 always to show files sorted by date created. I'm running Leopard, with upgrade to Snow Leopard available but not installed.

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Fix for: Is there a way to preserve or remember sort-by preferences for different folders in column view in Mac OS X?

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In Yosemite (at least), there is a squirrely way to preserve the sort order for a folder in the Column View. First save the folder's sort order in the List View as described in this thread. When you next re-enter this folder in the Column View, clic…

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