Finder views change for all windows

After playing around with Snow Leopard for just a few days, I noticed that when I change a view type in any Finder window, that view is applied to all windows. Is this by design? With Tiger, you could specify the view for "this folder only" or "all folders"

Joe - I've been heavily researching this issue. I've received some helpful advice from baltow, but here is how I fixed my problem. While in Best Buy over the weekend, I played on one of their Macs running Leopard 10.5.8 to see if the problem started before Snow Leopard. It did, wasn't just me. Then I found this site:
http://www.macintouch.com/leopard/faq.html#finder
It said: *Why don't my window view settings stick?* The Leopard Finder's approach to consistency is to use the last view you selected in any Finder window for all new Finder windows. You can override this on a per-folder basis; go to the menu View > Show View Options (or press Command-J). This opens a view options Inspector (a mini-window much like a traditional Palette window); at the top of this window, check the "Always open in" box to force the folder always to show the current view.
This is what was throwing me off - I thought that Always open in box was a global setting, not on an individual folder basis. With Tiger, you had two options: This window only, All windows.
Now I will play with the Arrange By setting and see if that works as well.

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Finder View Options, For All Sub Folders

If I understand how View Options work in Finder windows ...
I can set View Options for a particular folder to always open up in a particular View Options setting.
I can set that very same View Option as the Default View Option for all the rest of the folders I open up.
But, what I would like to do is set the View Options for a folder and all it's sub folders to be the same. Without changing the default View Option for the rest of the folder I open up.
For example.
I like to have my Documents open up in List View.
I like to have my Photos open up in Icon View. (along with certain Icon View Option settings)
Is there a way to do this?
Can I set the directory and all sub folders/directories for all my photos to open up the way I would like them? Without having to change the way all my Document folders/directories open up?
Because the way it seems to work now, is that every time I create a new folder in my Photos directory/folder, I have to manually set the View Options, since the default is List View and not Icon view. If I change the default to Icon View, then any new folder/directory in my Documents will then open up in Icon View.

If the folder is not set to open in a specific view, it should open in the same view as the containing folder. When using mixed views, you need to open the folder in another window to get the view it previously had.
In your example, setting Documents to always open in list view and Photos to always open in Icon view should have any new sub folders open in the same view. If any existing sub folders have a different view, you will need to manually change the view, since the Finder will (usually) keep track of the view any particular folder has.

Can I Set View Prefs for ALL Windows?

Is there a way in Tiger to set preferences so that ALL Finder windows ALWAYS open to a chosen view? If I want to see all windows in List View, for example, whenever a window is opened or created so that I don't have to reset windows individually, can this be done?
G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

That actually doesn't completely work. I have the same settings for my 10.4 Finder. I also have the highest level directory (ie: the boot drive) set to icon view with Brushed Metal and Sidebar turned off. However, all new folders created on the desktop always begin in Brushed Metal w/ Sidebar view. Also, folders that have been set with Brushed Metal/Sidebar turned off, open with it turned on when first navigated to via the Dock.
In other words, open place your boot drive in the Dock. Set it to icon view with Brushed Metal and set Finder to open folders in new windows. Create a folder at the highest level of the drive. Open it to confirm it has taken the parent folder settings (in this case icon view, with Brushed Metal/Sidebar off). Close the window. Now open it via pop up menu from the drive icon in the Dock. Not only does it open in Brushed Metal Siderbar on view, but also at a different size, and sometime different Desktop location. Only when you manually turn off Brushed Metal at that point will the two versions of the open folder match when navigated to both ways.
This behavior drives me nuts, as I tend to stay in non-Brushed Metal view, in either list or icon. I have several drives, and bop between Dock pop-up navigation, and regular old double click drilling. I'm constantly having to manually set windows to non-Brushed metal view, even after they were created with it turned off. I wish this inconsistency, and the fact that all new folders created at the Desktop begin with Brushed Metal on, were controllable system wide. However, it's been this way in OSX since as early as I can remember. So I doubt it'll ever be addressed.
--Robb

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How can I change view options for ALL playlists? With one single click or trick?
I have a lot playlists and don't want to change every single one of them separatly.
Thanks for your help. (I use Windows 7)

There's no FAST way I know of, which is what I think you mean.
Only the painful SLOW way of one-by-one.
You could make a new playlist from the main library after you've set the columns up as you like.
Go to an existing playlist that doesn't have the columns you want, and select all.
RIght-click > Add to Playlist and send them to the new playlist.
That's still one-by-one and only works with static playlists, not smart ones.

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How can I change the background of a running webpage on my own. Example Facebook I want to change its background color from white to black just in my view, not for all. Cause I really hate some site with white background because as I read for an hour it aches my eyes but not on those with darker background color.

You can use the NoSquint extension to set font sizes (text/page zoom) and text colors on web pages.
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Control-Shift-W activates Snow Leopard-Like exposé for all windows. Can this be disabled/changed?

Running Mac OS X 10.7.2 on my MacBook Air, Control-Shift-W produces a Snow Leopard-like expose for all windows.
While useful, this keyboard shortcut is wreaking havoc with my BBEdit settings. (Control-Shift-W is used to toggle "Selected text only" in the "Find" window.)
Does anyone know a way to alter or disable this system shortcut? I haven't been able to find any information regarding this shortcut and I fear I may have altered an underlying property (using "defaults write…" at the command line) and I don't know how to revert what I (may) have done.
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I suspect that it's busy trying to mount a network file system of some type.
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Hi Harmz,
Try dragging this file to the Îesktop & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

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Hi Guys,
This would be for a global implementation question.
For the US for a particular region, the screen header needs to be changed for all the infotypes.
The existing field (in the infotype header) is Employee Group which needs to be replaced with employment status.
The know how to change the headers but my question is STAT2 exists in IT 0000 but does not exist in 0001, 0002 0007.........etc
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Correct me if I am wrong.
First you need to maintain the header in T588J.
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Depending on the transaction class (A = Personnel Administration, B = Recruitment) and the country grouping, a header modifier is assigned to the infotype header in the u201CHeader Modificationu201D view V_T588I.
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00 / A / 60
In the view u201CHeader Structure per Infotypeu201D (V_582A_B), a header has been assigned to every infotype. It also determines whether the data is valid from the system date or the start date of the infotype record
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How do I set view options for all playlists at once?

Hello,
I want to able to set the view options for all my playlists at once (to include BPM, category etc). Currently you can only do this individually for each playlist.
Surely there is an easier way?

Moka.s-Onkel wrote:
Now I have some questions:
1. Is there a way of selecting multiple playlist in iTunes? And if yes, can I then change the view options for all selected playlists? How does this work?
2. Is there any other way to apply view option settings to multiple playlist?
1 - No
2 - Using iTunes, no.
However this script will do what you want .
-> http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=assimilateviewoptions

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Hello!
I've written a feedback to apple, that says it all:
=================================================
Since Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) there was one Feature removed,
which was a very important time saver for me:
Expose for all Windows
I'm missing this feature very much. In Mission Control you only see one window completly of every app, the other window are hidden behind. You can't entirely see, what is in that windows behind. There isn't a text Info when you float the mouse pointer over the window.
In Mac OS X 10.6. (Snow Leopard) I loved this time saving feature. I would be so happy and grateful, if this feature were to resurface in Mac OS X 10.8. (Mountain Lion).
Please let "Expose all Windows" return! :-)
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What do you think about it? Should / Could Expose return in the next Mac OS X? (I hope so)
Greetings from Germany,
Matthias B.

Hello Rysz and Captfred!
Rysz:
I already have send this to Apple feedback.
Captfred:
There are two problems:
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2. Even the windows seperate a little bit, there are (even with only three Windows) most parts of the windows hidden because of the front window shown.
Greetings,
Matthias B.

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Changing View Options for ALL Playlists together

    This question has remained without simple answer in spite of being asked many times. I think that I have an answer, the procedure is the following:
(1) Open the "source" iTunes Library
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(3) Close the "source iTunes Library
(4) Create a new "destination" iTunes folder
(5) Import one (or more) song from a CD
(6) Select Music on top of the LIBRARY window
(7) View/View Options…                               Set the View Options as desired
(8) File/Library/Import Library…          Import the list of Playlists saved in (2)
(9) Remove the auxiliary song(s) introduced in (5)
     In the "destination" iTunes folder, the View Options of ALL playlist are those set in (7), irrespective of what they were in the "source". This works using iTunes 10.5 on an Intel iMac runing OSX 10.6.8, and presumably also with other configurations.
Any simpler, faster, or less memory greedy solution?

I'm not sure about a PC, but with a Mac you hold down the Control key and click on the right-most column's title bar. A menu of columns shows up with your current columns having check marks beside them. Just check or un-check the ones you want. To resize a column, click on the thin vertical line that separates the columns' names. Your cursor should change to a two-way arrow when you move across the adjustment line - just like in a spread sheet. Just click on the line and drag its width to suit you.
HTH
Message was edited by: Joe Vincent

Changing view permanently for all playlists

Howdy!
I'm going to ask this question again:
How do I
1. change the order of columns and the selection of columns in the playlist view;
2. make the changes permanent
3. have the changes include column resizing; and,
4. make the changes effective for all playlists but only do it once?
I don't need to see some columns and want to see others, and I want to see the same columns each time I open a playlist -- any playlist -- and I don't want to be continually fiddling with the column headers and sizes.
Surely I can do that. I mean, this is an Apple product, right?

Hello,
AFAIK, 4. cannot be done, but the first three should happen automatically.
Whatever you do to a playlist is supposed to stay that way.
To reorder columns, just drag and drop, to select which columns you see, right-click the column bar and select.
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Setting Finder Sidebar Folders for all users on Windows Network.

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BR

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Your example is interesting, and maybe leads to further discussion...
As far as I know, the 'Y900' code is not changing, so is your requirement to change the entries only theoretical, or do you want to delete the entries due to mistakes?
Could you consider proposing the 'Y900' (or other) document using the Data Proposal mechanism, perhaps based on the Tariff Code, rather than maintaining the document in all Products?
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