Icon View Issue

I am trying out the new Premiere Pro CS5.5 and I found an odd issue. I like working in the Icon View when orginizing my media files. In CS4 you could at will orginize your media anyway you wanted, i.e. row by row and move the rows up or down you could leave a gap in a row and put items after that and such. In CS5.5, all you can do is put them end to end, you can't have spaces and they wrap around to the next row like a word doc. To me this seems very inefficient. Maybe this is a bug but the way it is, it is not very useful anymore!

Peter-
Other weird developments. While this is icon view is more of a nuissance than a problem it has shown some bugs in my system. Turns out I can access Icon view if I use Motion's window layout scheme but if I switch to mine the library window will freeze. I have thrown out my widow layouts and started fresh but it will not work. I was wondering if there are any other files I should trash other than the .plist file?
thanks
Bill

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Hi there,
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Thank you!
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We were discussing this issue on this thread: Re: Anybody else getting black bars on Finder items names?
This graphic issue only appears in icon view as you have stated. The workaround was to put everything in list view.
I have been testing for the last week or so, with Icon view after deleting the com.apple.finder.plist. So far it's a lot better.
My MBP [Late 2013] was a dog after the Yosemite upgrade.
I ended up doing a SMC and PRAM reset, my performance is almost back to normal but not as good as when on Mavericks 10.9.5.
I hope Apple releases update 10.10.1 soon.
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Great suggestion! Unfortunately it didn't make any difference.
However, I have more details on this bizarre issue:
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FYI, others have this issue as well:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6677811
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Why won't my folders in finder expand in the icon view?

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So, I'm experiencing a weird bug since I've installed OS X Mountain Lion.
When I set 'show items as icons' in Finder, the font used to label the files and folders are most of the time kinda messed up.
(they're not the normal black clean fonts, but they are like a really pale ugly and hard to read gray color)
And it's not like I'm using different fonts of whatever, it's a font smoothing/rendering issue.
If I turn off the 'Use LCD font smoothing when available', fonts are OK again.
The problem is that when I enter another folder, they are messed up again. Then I enable again the font smoothing option and they are ok (for that folder).
When I go back to the parent folder, they are gray again.
Also, when I make them "OK" with the LCD font option switch, they also become "NOT OK" as soon as I select them. (not individually, but making a box...yeah, weird uh?)
Really weird. I've tried to restart/ force quit the finder (which again, fix the issue just within the home folder) / adjust permission (maybe I've messed up something, I dunno).
Btw, it is not a clean install and I remember experiencing the same problem with Lion, one of the first days I've installed it, but then it went away (forever) after a day, so I didn't bother too much to find the cause.
Again, it seems like some sort of finder bug, the million question is: Why am I (apparently) the only one experiencing it? Thx for help

Hi Giorgiovdb!
Unfortunately I cannot help you; all I did was test for you.
I did an upgrade over my Lion install with Mountain Lion which went fine. I just tested icon view in my Finder on different files and folders and here in my installation all stays fine; good readable like in column view!
The only thing you might try is change your Font in Finder and set it back to the original afterwards!
I quickly Google'd how to change fonts in the Finder as appearantly there's no obvious gui item for it:
http://usermanifest.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/osx-finder-title-bar-font/
Try to see if it brings you anywhere!
At my post all fonts act normal after my upgrade to Mountain Lion; I don't do a clean install unless I really have to!
Goodluck!
Gaytan

Changing the sorting in the Icon view

This has been giving me a headache since I upgraded to Lion since it was released. I deal with very large numbers of files of various types and since OS X first was released it was easy for you to sort items in a folder by type however with Lion Apple dropped the ball on this. In the Icon View it is foolish not to have the folders listed first in the sort or arrange order. If you have folders that have folders in them to help separate large projects it used to be simple to navigate but now Apple has made this simple navigation task a total pain. Since you have to scroll down to get to the sub folder and heaven help you if you have to do this several times. There is no good reason not to allow the user to change the sort order. A simple search shows I am not alone in this and Apple has yet to respond this problem.
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Finder worked like this since I switched to Mac's back in 2002. I have been very happy with OS X and Apple till this change. This is not a small issue for me. I have counting external and internal drives totaling 14 TB's of storage and add about 1 TB a month with the projects I now have. I hope this gets fixed soon it has me worried that Apple is solely catering to the iPad and iPhone users. I didn't spend nearly 10K$ for a new workstation and laptop to have it function like an iPad.
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There are ways to bring back many functions that were changed in Lion such as hiding the scroll bar or reversing the scrolling direction why not retain the sort options that your customers have been using for years? This small change reduces productivity and thus reducing my profit margins and not to mention increasing aggravation.

I actually didn't read your whole dissertation, but if you want to know about sorting in the Finder, then this is how it works:
There are two modes of organizing the layout of the items in the Finder. There is an Arrangement which is grouping similar characteristics together. Then, there is sorting which sorts the items by some criteria, like name, date, etc.
The Arrangement and Sorting functions are both in the same menu item or button on the toolbar. Arrangement is primary, and Sorting is secondary. You can get to the Sorting options by holding down the option key and clicking on the button or menu option.
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If you Arrange by None, you can sort by any of the other criteria.
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Why is there no functionality for multiple select of continuous icons in icon view?

I have just switched to my first mac. I admit I am experiencing growing pains switching over from a PC. I am already overcoming many of these, but I have one issue in particular that for the life of me, I don't know why apple engineers left out.
Why is it that I can select continuous multiple items by clicking "shift + first icon" and "shift + last icon" in the finder in list, column, and cover flow views, but NOT in the icon view?
I realize a work-around for this would be to use a selection box and then to de-select the images I don't want. This is the best option I have at this point, but honestly, I am extremely dissapointed that I have to even have a "work-around." Simply put, this should not be an issue.
I prefer icon view when superficially browsing my photos because I can see all my photos at the same time and change the thumbnail size. There is no view besides icon view that has easy access to changing thumbnail size. Therefore, there is no view at all that offers the functionality of changing thumbnail size AND selecting multiple items. This functionality is standard in PC operating systems for icon view. The multiple select in combination with changing thubmnail size is also extremely useful for me when transferring select files to external devices. For example...I may be giving files to a family member on their jump drive. As a teacher, I am often exchanging jump drives with other teachers for class photos, documents, etc., and being able to visually spot the items I want and to use continuous select is sometimes the easiest way to search within a folder.
I called in to apple technical support and most of the people I spoke with were surprised to see that this functionality had been "left out" of the icon view in the finder.
If the multiple select functionality cannot be added to icon view, it would be nice if the slider for changing thumbnail size was available in list or column view. That way, I could at least have multiple select functionality in conjuction with the option of enlarging items.
Please participate in this thread if you want this functionality added to the finder icon view!

Matthew Morgan wrote:
PVfanatic wrote:
I realize a work-around for this would be to use a selection box and then to de-select the images I don't want. This is the best option I have at this point, but honestly, I am extremely dissapointed that I have to even have a "work-around." Simply put, this should not be an issue.
I don't think that Apple thinks that's a workaround. It is the way one goes about selecting multiple icons.
It's a Mac/Windows difference that can be frustrating to new comers to the Mac. I can promise you that, with time, you'll get used to it!
Still, as macjack suggests, let Apple know what you think.
Matt
It may be a Mac/Windows difference, but Apple are not being consistent with their UI because in both Aperture and iPhoto you can do Shift-click to select multiple items in thumbnail view which, apart from the name, is the same interface type as icon view in Finder.
Like the OP, I find this frustrating, not because I use Windows as well (at work) but because of the above and because it just seems illogical not to be able to do this when you can in all the other views in Finder. Oh, and Linux allows Shift-click multiple select too.

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Most of my files are displayed in icon view. I have group them in positions easy to remember.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjyHbiO_cY4

Try another user account to see if it is only in your account.
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