Customise columns in Open/Save dialog when in List View

When opening or saving a file from an application while in list view, there is no "Date Modified" column that you could click to sort by. It seems to be gone and there is no way to configure the columns in this dialog. How to add or delete columns in the list view of open/save dialog?
I seem to be able to change columns in Finder, but not in Open/Save file dialog.

No. Column view will only sort by name. If you wanted to put a space before each folder name, then they will sort to the top. Sorting by Kind will put folders above files, but it will also put anything else except files at the top. If there are only folders, however, that would put them first in the sort list.

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Sort-by-type for column view in open/save dialog boxes?

Hello all,
I've done a fairly good search both on Google and in these forums and can't seem to find this question addressed. When I go to open or save something (in Preview, for example) I prefer to use Column View in the dialog box, since it is easy to see and navigate the folder structure. However, Column View always shows up sorted by name, even if I specified in Finder that the folder be sorted by type. Because of this, I have to scroll down and hunt for subfolders rather than having them conveniently listed at the top.
My question is this: is there a way to get Column View to sort by type in the open/save dialog boxes? (The Command+J that works in regular Finder does nothing in these dialog boxes.)
Thanks!

No. Column view will only sort by name. If you wanted to put a space before each folder name, then they will sort to the top. Sorting by Kind will put folders above files, but it will also put anything else except files at the top. If there are only folders, however, that would put them first in the sort list.

Extremely strange open/save dialog behavior

This is a complex thing to describe, but here goes:
Under 10.4.x, in certain applications' open/save dialogs, files and folders for an Iomega FireWire Drive are often simply missing. For example: in the Users folder, I have two folders:
"Scott" and "shared"
In "Scott" I have the usual folders: Desktop, Documents, Library, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public, and Sites.
If, in those certain applications' dialogs, I navigate to the Users folder, I only see "Scott". If I then navigate to "Scott", the only folder visible is Documents.
All of the folders are perfectly visble in Finder.
As best I can tell, this problem does not occur with the internal drive, or with a LaCie USB drive.
But it's not so simple. In an open/save dialog,
1) if I am in List view and navigate to the FireWire drive, switching to column view does not change anything.
2) So long as I'm in the root directory, or viewing another drive, if I switch to Column view, I can navigate down to Users and all of the formerly missing directories are visible. This works even if I go to the problem diectories first in List (with the missing contents), go back up to root, switch to Column, then go back down.
3) if I'm viewing the directories in Column view (i.e., they're all there), I can switch to List, and they're still there. But if I change directories AT ALL, they're gone again when I try to return.
In other words, I have to be in Column view in order to see the directories, and I must be in Column view BEFORE navigating to those directories. I can then switch to List, but the directories malfunction if I change, moving either up or down in the path.
Last bit of strangeness, and even more difficult to describe: If in List view and looking at the FireWire drive, I go back to my Computer directory (using Command-up arrow, for example), my FireWire drive is shown six times! That is:
Iomega FW
Iomega FW 1
Iomega FW 2
Iomega FW 3
Iomega FW 4
Iomega FW 5
The first five have regular folder icons, while the last has what looks like a network icon, with the little alias arrow on it. If I click on a different drive and THEN go back to the Computer directory, it's fine again.
Want weirder? Fine.
1) I click on the FireWire drive icon in the sidebar, then on my computer icon (Powermac G5). The listing INSTANTLY switches to my internal drive (which is highlighted in the sidebar).
2) if any other drive is highlighted, or I was switched to the internal drive as above, I can then click on the computer icon without any trouble.
Lastly: as I said, this problem only occurs in certain applications. Here are some tests as to which do, and which do not, have the problem:
Problem does not occur: Safari, Console, TextEdit, QuickTime Player, Preview
Problem occurs: Word, DVD Player, iTunes, Firefox, FileBuddy
Last bit: I tried unmounting the drive and switching it to a USB connection, but this changed nothing.
Disk Utility, TechTool Pro 4, and DiskWarrior find no problems with the drive.
Apologies if this sounds convoluted, but it is! Any thoughts?

I am going to make some (perhaps twisted) logical leaps...
In the days of SCSI, duplicate SCSI addresses would cause that behavior. The first twisted logic question is:
Is this a factory FW device, or did you install the Iomega drive in a FW enclosure you purchased yourself, and, if the latter, what is the jumper setting on the Iomega device proper?
I know there are sometimes issues with drive indexing/spotlight with certain files/folders. That problem causes some files to duplicate themselves multiple times.
Does Iomega say anything about problems indexing their device? (with the second twisted logical leap of the directory cache is being duplicated)

Open/Save Dialog, 9 min. Beachball Freeze

I am running OS 10.10.2 on a March 2009 iMac with 8GB RAM and 1TB HD.
PROBLEM: While working in Illustrator 18 (CC 2014), if I choose File > Open, the Open dialog appears but I get the spinning beachball for 9 minutes before file contents appear. I don't have the same problem in Photoshop or any other app. But after Googling, I see that a number of people have posted similar Console Log messages (see below) when using in a variety of apps in Yosemite, even in Apple's own Mail app. This tells me the root problem may not be specific to Illustrator, even though it only affects Illustrator in my case currently.
WHAT I TRIED:
1) Moved all Adobe Illustrator related PLISTS and preference files and folders to the Desktop and then launched Illustrator. I saw Illustrator rebuild new prefs files and all settings reverted back to stock. This proves my moving of the prefs to the Desktop was successful to cause a rebuild of new prefs and PLISTS. Even so, the BeachBall freeze appeared when I did a File > Open.
2) Rebooted with SHIFT held down (Safe Mode). But the beachball problem remains.
3) Disconnected all USB devices except keyboard/mouse, and turned off WiFi and BlueTooth, and even yanked my Ethernet cable. I also turned off Time Machine and Default Folder. But the problem remains, even through a reboot.
4) I removed DropBox and GoogleDrive and I closed all apps other than Illustrator, but to no avail.
5) Tried a Guest User, but that doesn't work with Adobe Apps. Ditto for a Standard user. You get an error dialog when you try to launch Adobe apps with that kind of user. So I then created an Admin user. Illustrator's Open dialog box displays files perfectly, as normal! A NEW ADMIN USER FIXES THE PROBLEM!
So a new Admin user fixes the beachball problem in the Open dialog, but for my normal Admin user there's the 9 min. beachball problem. And yet, SAFE MODE doesn't fix the problem while in my normal User. And neither does deleting Illustrator prefs. So it's clear there's still something lurking in my primary user account that is absent in the new Admin user account. But what? And how can I find it? (Migrating everything to a new User account is no easy task.)
Pertinent section of CONSOLE system.log:
Mar 6 13:27:03 iMac.local WindowServer[151]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Adobe Illustrator CC 2014" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
Mar 6 13:27:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
Mar 6 13:27:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
Mar 6 13:27:49 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
Mar 6 13:27:49 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
Mar 6 13:28:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
Mar 6 13:28:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
Mar 6 13:28:24 iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[56]: Session 100025 created
Mar 6 13:28:49 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
Mar 6 13:28:49 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
Mar 6 13:29:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
Mar 6 13:29:19 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
the above repeats while time elapses (I deleted this part for brevity)
Mar 6 13:35:40 iMac.local mds[33]: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7f9823863800 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:1 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/WORK_SPACE
Mar 6 13:35:42 iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.TMHelperAgent.SetupOffer): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.
Mar 6 13:35:42 iMac.local mds[33]: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7f9824087000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:1 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/GLOBAL_SPACE
Mar 6 13:35:43 iMac.local WindowServer[151]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Adobe Illustrator CC 2014" after 534.23 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
I get the exact same set of messages that you see above every time I try to reproduce the problem, simply by doing a File > Open in Illustrator.
I assume AFP is Apple File Protocol? But what "server" is it trying so desperately in vain to "Get"? And why is a DNS resolver being used?
Anyway, as you can see from the Console log above, the beachball in the Open/Save dialog in Illustrator goes away after 534 seconds (about 9 min.). But it reappears each time I try to go to a new folder on my HD within that Open dialog. Each time takes exactly 534 seconds each time for the stupid beachball to go away when changing folders in the Open dialog.
This beachball freeze (for 9 min.) in Illustrator's Open dialog occurred every once and a while over the last several weeks, but now it consistently happens. And no, I've not installed any new software on my iMac other than Yosemite updates.
Once again, I would prefer to fix the root problem in my primary user account rather than migrate to a New User even though I now know a new Admin user account resolves the problem.
Please help.

With regard to my cry for help...
Pretty please?
Here are links to other apps which show the same Console Log messages that I am seeing, proving this is not an issue exclusive to a single app:
Vmware & OS 10.10.2
Pertaining to networked HD's
Shared Mac on a Network
Prevents Time Capsule access and kills Time Machine too
OS 10.10 & Time Capsule woes
OS 10.9.2 & NAS woes
Yosemite & Time Capsule woes
iPhoto woes after Migration
More Time Capsule woes
Time Machine woes from Germany (translated)
mDNSResponder stuck in restart loop
If you read through all the above like I did, you're probably very tired by now. But if you had the same problem as I do, you would do anything to resolve it, hence my post here. So again, I plead for your kind help and attention to this problem!
The above links do tell me one thing, that a "network error" is at the heart of the Console log messages and my problem. And that remains true even when I've disconnected from the network entirely, leading me to believe that this is some sort of CACHING BUG. For truly, there is a Time Capsule at my office, and I do use Time Machine (although not saving to the TC but instead to an external FW HD). So... It is my guess that Yosemite has cached some network data it doesn't like and tries to access that data from a cache when the Open Dialog appears in Illustrator. But WHY ILLUSTRATOR in my case? It makes no sense to me at all. I would think it should consistently occur in the Open dialogs of all apps, but it's only in Illustrator.
I did have problems with my Time Machine backups after putting Yosemite on my iMac, but those issues were resolved in the 10.10.2 update.
In any case, if indeed it is a CACHING BUG, how then would I clear that stupid, evil cache?
Again, I would appreciate your kind thoughts and advice.
Thank you!

Open/Save Dialog Box SLOW

My Mac has slowed down to an absolute crawl. I have reinstalled the OS, run Disk Warrior, Disk Utility, removed my preferences folder to see if something in there was actin' up, I've repaired the permissions, etc... Yet in any application (whether it's Photoshop CS 2, Safari, TextEdit, doesn't matter), if I hit "open" from within that application... no exaggeration... it can take anywhere between 45 seconds to a little over a minute for the dialog box to finally appear!
The last thing I want to do is nuke my machine. I am so tired of that being the solution whenever something can't be fixed.
Has anyone run into this? Does anyone have any ideas what to do to fix this problem without nuking the machine?
(this hasn't been a problem at all until, maybe 3 months ago or so... and I've been running Tiger since it was released)

Holy cow. I am in complete shock.
...got up this morning, saw the suggestion 'bout the iDisk, figured I'd give it a try...
That was it!!! I've had a .mac account for years, have had my iDisk on my desktop for as long as I can remember. I wonder if something from software update somehow made my machine and the iDisk go "screwy" 'cause it started getting excruciatingly bad just a few months ago.
Thank you, thank you!! My machine has received a gigantic speed boost across the board, and the open/save dialog boxes now appear instantly when I call upon them, all my apps quit instantly now too. This is amazing! [breathes huge sigh of relief]

Finder sidebar not updating with applications open/save dialog boxes

Hi all,
I've searched the threads and can't seem to find an answer to this recurring issue that I'm having.
I save folders to current projects in the Finder sidebar. However, I find that when I try to find those sidebar folders from within the open/save dialog applications that it is often times and old version of the sidebar. In the image linked below note the Finder sidebar on the left and the InDesign CS sidebar on the right. The list of folders is different. The version via InDesign seems to be an older cached version.
Screen capture: http://www.fabianross.com/forum-images/screen-capture.png
Does anyone know how to update this cached version to see the new list of folders?
Thanks,
Jerry

Try deleting this file: com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. See if that helps...
Seems to me that Adobe is very picky about where the files are kept on the hard drive. You might not want them in the Sidebar. Whenever you do an Adobe software update, the installer needs the path to where those files go. If it's missing in action, it can wreak havoc.
Make sure when you do Adobe updates, if there is a link included or a Read Me file, check that out first before installing anything.
Run Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions BEFORE and AFTER any software updates:
Launch Disk Utility. Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select FirstAid, then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.
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Can't drag sidebar items in "open/save" dialog boxes - Mountain Lion

(First time poster) Using Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and InDesign CS6. Having errors. First was that smart folders made the Open/ Save dialog boxes crash when referenced in the "Favorites" section of sidebar. Next, and more serious, error, is that I cannot drag/ rearrange my sidebar items in this view. AKA I cannot take "Favorites" on the sidebar and drag that section below "Devices" or "Shared" or "Media" like I normally can in Finder or any other app for that matter. Recently installed SIMBL and "Colorful Sidebar" app but uninstalled and removed bundle file from SIMBL plugins folder in order to try and resolve this. Hard to say if this problem started before or after the third-party plugin was installed, but regardless, it's gone now, and still having problems. Help please! Thanks,

None of these are InDesign questions.
I'd suggest asking this is the Apple forums:
https://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

Multiple desktops etc in Open/Save dialogs

I have not found that this causes an actual problem (so far) but it is strange and anoying.
Recently, when doing a "save as" I found to my surprise that I had 2 "desktop" icons in the dialog window. As the days have gone by, this has grown to 16. Also 16 copies of all the icons from the side-bar. This is in both open and save dialog windows.
Recently I installed Modul8 and also I have used Vue 5 (which has crashed and refused to open since) but I cant see that this multiple copies in open/save dialog-windows is connected to this.
I have run Onyx, but it did not fix the problem.
Any ideas?

See if macjack's solution works for you:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4445080&#4445080
If not, let us know.
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

How to open File open/save dialog for a file saved in the Appl. Server?

Hi Experts,
My requirement is that, there will be a link in my BSP page "Link to BI Report" and when the user will click this link, the File open/save Dialog box will appear for a BI Report file that will be in a fixed path in the Application Server. I have checked with <a href="/usr/sap/tmp/bi_report.csv"> tag but it is not working. The BI report file will be currently in the CSV format. Any ideas about how to achieve this? Thanks in advance.

If you want to work in tabbed view, do it like this:
Select the move tool. Go to the tab that contains one of the image files.
Drag the image over the tab that has the blank document (Keep holding down the mouse button). Wait till that tab opens.
Drag & drop the image into the blank document.

Check if file downloaded successfully , through Open Save dialog box

hi,
In the jsp I have a download link through which user can download a file which is located on the server . I have achieved this by setting the response type in servlet as follows => response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName); .When the jsp page loads the user is shown a Open Save dialog box for downloading the file. The user can download the file or cancel the operation.
But now I need to track if the user has downloaded the file successfully on his m/c , depending on which a flag will be updated in the database . I am not able to track this event . Pls help how I can check if the file has been downloaded successfully and do further processing.

This is fully dependent on the client side. You can never rely on that.
In most cases you could check if any byte of the file is written to the outputstream and/or no IOException is been thrown, but some webbrowsers (such as Firefox) will download the file immediately while the client still need to choose 'save' or 'cancel'. Only when the client chooses 'cancel' the download will be aborted and the file will be deleted. But if the file is small and/or the network is fast, then the file download might be already completed at that time.
Again, you can never rely on what happens at the client side.

Why can't I sort in Open/Save dialog boxes?

Ever since I upgraded to ML, I found that I am unable to sort the listing in open/save dialog boxes. Currently the folder contents (List view) are all sorted by reverse Name. There are times I rather sort by Modification Date or Creation Date.
The regular finder windows work as expected (click to sort, two clicks to reverse sort), but it seems this functionality have been removed from the Open/Save dialog boxes. I've searched for any tips/hints, but have been unable to find anything. Help.

v3ktor.com wrote:
Could not find the sorting function in the open dialogs before coming here. Really bad interaction design from Apple. It took me ages to figure it out. And if you sort it on "name" how do you switch A-Z or Z-A?
You are not sorting, you are Arranging (ie grouping). In the Open file dialogs, you don't have an option to Sort.
If you want to sort the items, set Arrangement to None and use the List View. Click the headers to sort. If you want to add more headers, right-click on the headers to select them.
In the regular Finder Windows, the options when you click on that button without any modifiers is the Arrangement options. Arrangement groups items by those criteria. By Name is like Sort, but without an option to switch direction.
If you press that button (or use the menu command in Finder) while holding down the Option (alt) key, you will get the sort options. If you have an arrangement set, then the Sort option will sort within the groups. Some Arrangements have no sort option (like by Name) because it doesn't make any sense. If you just want to Sort, then set Arrangement to None and use the Sort option to sort.

Search result opening open\save dialog

When clicking a search result link the open\save dialog is propmting the user
to save or open instead of opening the document directly.
Its a dcox document and the web appication is set for premessive browsing.
Looks like browser configuration to me but i cant figure out which one.
The site is in the trusted sites list and opening the documents from the doclib (not search results) is fine.
Thanks.

Also check
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2008/10/27/adding-an-edit-document-link-to-enterprise-search-results.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/sharepoint-server-help/change-how-to-open-a-document-in-a-library-with-one-click-HA101729873.aspx
Set the default open behavior for browser-enabled documents
Note    To change the settings on a library, you must have design permission for the library or be the owner of the library.
Navigate to the site where you want to change the setting for the library.
Click the name of the library on the Quick Launch, or click Site Actions
, click
View All Site Content, and then in the appropriate libraries section, click the name of the library.
Note    A site can be significantly modified in appearance and navigation. If you cannot locate an option, such as a command, button, or link, contact your administrator.
In the ribbon, under Library Tools, click the Library tab, and then in the
Settings group, click Library Settings.
On the List Settings page, under General Settings, click
Advanced Settings.
On the Document Library Advanced Settings page, in the
Opening Documents in the Browser section, under Default open behavior for browser-enabled documents, do one of the following:
To open a document with one click by using an application installed on your computer, click
Open in the client application.
To open a document that is browser-enabled in the browser with one click, click
Open in the browser.
To use the default server-wide setting (which is set by the farm administrator), click one of the following:
Use the server default (Open in the browser). You see this option if the site server setting has been defined to open in the browser.
Use the server default (Open in the client application). You see this option if the site server setting has been defined to open in the client application.
Note    This default server-wide setting affects other features that contain links to the document including the following: hyperlink fields, fields on the View properties page, links on the Version History page, the
View commands on the item context menu, links in e-mail messages, workflow status pages, and search results.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/officeasia/archive/2013/01/09/configure-sharepoint-server-to-open-office-documents-in-client-application-by-default.aspx
If this helped you resolve your issue, please mark it Answered

Open/save dialog box using javascript.

Hi,
working on apex4.1
How i can display open / save dialog box when click on button or link using javascript.
Thanks & Regards
Vedant
Edited by: Vedant on Jan 27, 2013 10:20 PM

Hi,
I am using model dialog box.
on page header i have copy The code as given in this http://jqueryui.com/dialog/#modal-message link
// page header code
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"><head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>jQuery UI Dialog - Modal message</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" /> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/resources/demos/style.css" /> <script> $(function() { $( "#dialog-message" ).dialog({ modal: true, buttons: { Ok: function() { $( this ).dialog( "close" ); } } }); }); </script></head><body> <div id="dialog-message" title="Download complete"> <p> <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-check" style="float: left; margin: 0 7px 50px 0;"></span> Your files have downloaded successfully into the My Downloads folder. </p> <p> Currently using <b>36% of your storage space</b>. </p></div> <p>Sed vel diam id libero <a href="http://example.com">rutrum convallis</a>. Donec aliquet leo vel magna. Phasellus rhoncus faucibus ante. Etiam bibendum, enim faucibus aliquet rhoncus, arcu felis ultricies neque, sit amet auctor elit eros a lectus.</p> </body></html> My Button name is "DOWNLOAD" and on button actions "REDIRECT TO URL"
on URL TARGET value is ==javascript: myFunction();
where i have to write this code to bind my apex buttons with dialog box.
apex.submit(myRequest);the steps i have written above, am doing right or not? Please help to place the code in apex with a right way.
Thanks & Regards
Vedant
Edited by: Vedant on Jan 28, 2013 12:53 AM

10.6.4 - open-save dialog question

pls see this screenshot..
http://mayacove.com/misc/ssopen-savedialog.jpg
circled 'back' and 'forward' buttons are always disabled in open-save dialogs..
why is this.. how do I fix/configure..
thank you..

When that dialog opens, it's pointing to a location like desktop or downloads folder. In your screenshot it's pointing to "resume". Change the destination of the "save" to another folder. Then you'll see the back arrow become active. Pressing it will take you back to the orignial location.
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Open/Save Dialog does not show new files?

Say you are working on a logic file in a folder and you have
a few audio and movie files in that folder, and you launch
Logic and via the open/save dialog window you add a few
files to your song and in that dialog window you can see
all the files in that folder.
Then, in the Finder you add a few more files and movies to
that folder and again use the open/save dialog window to
add more files BUT the new files you added since launching
logic are NOT SHOWN in the dialog window ! ?
What's the deal with that?
Every other app can show files added since the launch of the
application, why not Logic?
PowerBook G4 1GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

project manager
um, yeah.
Should not need the project manager simply to see new files added to a directory in a Open/Save dialog window since last opening the app.
I did a scan, a extended scan, opened all the little turn down arrows of the
full path to the directory I knew there to be the new files and yes, Logic
shows them there in the "Project manager".
BUT Logic still does not show the files in the Open/Save dialog windows.
This is strange because even simple app like TextEdit can show
new files in it's Open/Save dialog function windows without the need of
a project manager.
I have to quit and re-launch each time to see any new files?

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