Weird Finder Window quirk

This is a new one. Woke my computer up from sleep with a Finder window in List view and the headings (Name, Date Modified, Size, Kind) appear in bold, something I've never seen before. They weren't that way last night when I went to sleep!
And I would love to upload the screenshot I have, but the system won't let me. Hope that's descriptions clear enough.
Any thoughts? Because this looks ugly right now.

The sudo atsutil databases -remove command seemed to work then, two days ago, I'm running Time Machine and I got two different results when I opened up new windows. Attached are the screen shots!
As you can see, at one point BOTH sets of headings were in bold, then 20 minutes later only ONE set of headings was in bold.
It's just weird. Not causing any problems, just weird.

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Weird finder view windows

For some reason my Finder won't open up in the iTunes style view. It has the old OS Jaguar look. It used to have the iTunes style view but now doesn't. Initially this problem occurred only when opening the home folder (option-shift-H) but now opening any window with a shortcut (Apps, Utils) does the same view. Not the end of the world, but it is a time waster none-the-less.
I've tried repairing permissions and have run a disk test and all is well. Is it a pref file problem?
Any ideas anyone?

chrisblythenz wrote:
... I just get a window starting with the Mac Drive, then USer, then docs, then each folder. I don't have any icons in the window bar or the left hand panel with all the drive and user folder locations. Does this make sense?!
Ah, you mean you've lost the sidebar in your Finder windows. Try the following menu command when you have a window open in the Finder:
View > Show Toolbar
Which is also triggered by the keyboard shortcut Option-Command-T.
Also, clicking on the little lozenge-shaped button in the top right corner of the Finder window will hide/show the toolbar and sidebar.
\[V.K., your post wasn't visible when I posted. Must have been one of those server glitches. I repeated what you wrote, but I'll leave it for the additional detail.]
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Finder window, alpha sort weird - Can it be changed

Apple has this very nice, but completely incompatible sorting order for files in finder windows ( by name )
For example: "_" (underscore) is tops on the Mac, and way down under Windows & Unix.
Is there a way to set the sorting order that the Finder uses?
Thanks

Hi, William and Barry —
Another Finder peccadillo raises its head. Fyi...
Although it was about "Date Modified" sorting, Mark Douma®'s post in this recent thread may be related. I participated (somewhat foolishly) in the thread, so yours brought it to mind...
I'm sure this isn't what you had in mind, but you could conceivably use a utility like File Buddy to rename large batches of Dreamweaver files, if that would help to meet your objective.
—Dean

A weird question on opening a new finder window

this is not a big deal, but it really bugs me. when you have a finder window open and do apple-N to get a new one, it puts the new one right on top of the one already open. this is totally stupid. 99% of the time when i open a new window it's because i want to drag a file from one location to another, in which case i have to first move the new window. is there some way you can have it put new windows someplace else other than right on top of the current one?
and please, please, please dear apple, give us tabs in finder windows like in safari. i keep expecting it to happen in each new system upgrade, and it keeps never happening.

...when you have a finder window open and do apple-N to get a new one, it puts the new one right on top of the one already open... is there some way you can have it put new windows someplace else other than right on top of the current one?
In addition to the excellent suggestions regarding the Sidebar offered earlier, you might consider creating an AppleScript and adding it to your Finder window's toolbar. Once added to the toolbar, the script would serve as a button, which, when clicked on, would open a fully viewable new Finder window positioned above and slightly to the left of the existing Finder window. The existing Finder window would be repositioned if necessary and set to a size matching the dimensions of the new window.
The example scripts below were created with the assumption that your Home folder's Finder window opens when you press ⌘N. These scripts can be modified so that another window is opened instead by replacing the word "home" where it appears in the script with "desktop" or "documents" or "applications" etc. To open the "Computer" window use the command *make new Finder window* exclusively. Paths to non system-level folders, or user-created folders, can be specified by using an *open "Macintosh HD:path:to:folder"* command.
Copy and then paste either block of code below into your AppleScript Script Editor (Applications > AppleScript > Script Editor). From the Script Editor's File menu choose Save As > File Format: application, and leave the Options unchecked.
To add the button to your Finder window's toolbar, simply open any Finder window and drag the saved AppleScript icon to a convenient location on the toolbar. Let go of your mouse when you see the round green "+" indicator.
+This script might work best with a monitor set to a minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution:+
*tell application "Finder"*
activate
*make new Finder window to (path to home folder)*
*set the bounds of window 1 to {70, 59, 955, 399}*
*set the bounds of window 2 to {100, 403, 985, 743}*
*activate window 2*
*end tell*
+This version would be more suitable for a monitor set to 800 x 600 screen resolution:+
*tell application "Finder"*
activate
*make new Finder window to (path to home folder)*
*set the bounds of window 1 to {85, 47, 715, 317}*
*set the bounds of window 2 to {115, 320, 745, 595}*
*activate window 2*
*end tell*
Good luck.

Auto-scrolling of list view in Finder windows sometimes doesn't work

I've noticed a minor bug in 10.4 that doesn't seem to show up in 10.3.9, and I thought I'd comment on it here because it's mildly annoying, and I'm not sure that anyone at Apple is aware of the issue.
My Pictures folder is pretty large -- I have over 6,000 items in it, some of which are themselves folders. I've got this folder set to list view. My typical usage pattern is to open a Finder window for my Pictures folder, start typing the first few characters of a file name, and then search from there. In 10.4.3 and later (up to and including 10.4.6 as of this writing), if the file in question is outside the viewport of the Finder window, the thumb on the scrollbar will jump to the correct location, but the actual viewport won't scroll to match; therefore, the file that gets highlighted isn't visible.
The work-around is to manually scroll the contents of the window so that I'm "closer" to the file I'm looking for; alternately, I can type characters to get the ball rolling, and then hit the up or down arrow key a couple times (once won't do the trick) which will force the viewport to jump to the correct scroll location. Using this second method, I then have to move the selection back to the file, which is annoying since it's forcing me to use extra keystrokes.
Interestingly enough, if I am careful and click on the scrollbar thumb without moving it too much (after typing the first few characters of the filename I'm looking for), the viewport will usually "snap to" the appropriate position. This suggests that the logic to auto-scroll the contents of a Finder window got subtly broken between Panther and Tiger. It just seems weird to me that the scrollbar thumb would jump without the viewport following suit automatically.
This wasn't a problem in 10.3.9. I realize that we're being encouraged to use Spotlight and other search features, but since my pictures directory is already an alphabetic list view of files, why should I be forced to do a Spotlight search when I know what it is I'm after?
Dual 2.0 GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I've been having the same problem (though I haven't looked at the console yet to verify the same exact error).
There doesn't seem to be a situation that I can identify to cause the problem (i.e. waking from sleep mode), so it's difficult to reproduce consistently. The error seems to happen randomly. Last night I was getting the error every time I sent a single message. So I'd create and send a message, and then the next message I'd try to create or reply to, I couldn't. I'd have to quit Mail and start it again to gain functionality.
When I do have the problem where the compose window isn't created when replying, I also can not start a new message, note, or forward a message. Basically, no new windows can pop up besides the windows that are already there in Mail. When I quit mail, every window I tried to create by replying, making a new message, or forwarding, appears in the draft folder, just before the program closes. Then, the next time I open Mail all the windows appear that I tried to create, with no text in them. Very strange. Looks like this poster has a similar problem.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1197152&tstart=1020
I'm curious if this is a bug, or something our machines just can't handle? I see that we all have very similarly spec'd PowerBooks.

Problem sorting items in finder window

I've searched other posts and seen that others are having similar issues however, I can't a solution to my problem.
In a finder window in list view, in the upper part of the window, I have Name, Date Modified, Size and Kind. Before I upgraded to Mavericks, I could click any of those options and the window would sort accordingly. Now, if I want to sort a window, I have to open the view options and do it that way. The weird thing is, I have a RAID connected via esata and it works like it should on any window I open from that drive. Any suggestions?

Might be corrupted Finder preferences.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.finder.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac then try the Finder.

Finder Window appearance changed and I can't get it back to normal

Okay this is just driving me nuts and despite all my efforts I can't fix it. About a month ago, my Finder window changed appearance. Instead of the normal view on the left hand side that shows Devices, Network, Places and Search For, it is showing none of that. It now appears like this: http://img.skitch.com/20090527-fmfaubfguqhn3f8mmatp8512k9.jpg
Weird thing is, if I open Documents or Downloads or any other folder that opens the Finder, it appears normal. So my problem is only with the main finder icon in my dock, which happens to be the one I use the most. All the boxes are checked in preferences to show all the items but it just won't do it.
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Wow do I feel like an idiot. Three years with this Mac and I never even noticed that button existed. Must have hit it by mistake last month. Thanks!

How do I reset my finder window preferences.

when i log into my administrator account my finder window keeps opening in "simple" mode. I have tried everything I can think of. I added a test user account with NO finder problems. I tried deleting finder preferences without luck. any ideas?

Weird. The Simple Finder option is part of the parental controls you can enable for regular (non-admin) accounts, but as you probably know, you can't enable it for admin user accounts. If you try you get this:
Unless somehow the checkbox for "Enable parental controls" is currently checked for your admin account & you can clear it by clicking on it, I'm not sure what you should do, aside from maybe creating a new admin account, logging into that, & trying to remove the parental controls from your normal admin account.

Finder window completely freezes my mac but I can still move cursor

I have a 2 year old, 13 inch macbook pro with mountain lion (version 10.7.5)
So I have had this problem for a while when I am using my macbook pro (I'm normally using final cut pro, adobe photoshop and of recently i was just on my desktop) and I go to the finder window and everything freezes except the cursor, I can move the cursor around the screen but I can't click on anything, the dock is also frozen. I leave it for a while hoping it will come back but nothing happens so normally I have to turn it off and back on again because I can't even access the restart menu. the macbook becomes completly unresponsive
I have tried many different things to try and resolve this problem such as;
not having too many programs open at once
clearing some storage space
not leaving my laptop on standby
but nothing has worked, any suggestions?

NEVERMIND I FOUND THEM IN iTUNES. WEIRD!

Finder window won't refresh

I'm sure this is an old complaint, but I have found few resources that help me understand what is going on. I would like to use rsync to back up portions of my main HD to a second HD. It works fine. The first time I sync'd the directories, the Finder window for the destination showed all the new subdirectories and files as they were created. Subsequent incremental updates, however, did not appear in the Finder window. I actually had to force a Finder restart to refresh the window properly. What's weird is that if I created a file manually in the destination directory using 'touch foo', the Finder window would refresh and show me both 'foo' and the incremental rsync update! Is there no better way to get the Finder window to reflect the contents of the directory than to either bounce Finder or write some tedious (OK simple, but...) script?
Thanks,
Ron

You found the simplest way afaik, been a problem since 10.0.0

Finder window glitch

there is a weird glitch or something in the bottom left corner of my finder windows.
here is a pic of it http://www.s-a-k.org/pic.tiff
anyone know how to fix this?

I think you may be referring to the "normal" way the new Leopard view options works..<<</div>
No. I'm not. I understand the new way fine. This ain't that. This has to do with windows that
1) Revert ONCE to standard size and position, then
2) On RE-opening, THEN display as customized.
That's not the grumbled-about "New Normal." That's a bug.
And just to preclude all the other help-forum "help", I'm running no other third-party enhancers. None. Niente. I've reset permissions. Reinstalled Leopard clean--the works. Still happens.
A guy on the Ars Technica forum reproduced it. Question now, is it WIDELY reproducible an/or fixable?

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Finder windows are disappearing. How do I control them ?

There seems to be some quirks with finder when assigned to all desktops. Right click the finder icon on the dock and select options > assign to none. If this option isn't present, add a second desktop in mission control and it will appear.
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Captfred

Question mark in a finder window

Hi there,
recently, I noticed a weird question mark on any finder window I open:
any idea what it is? someone?
Thanks a lot!!

It's a shortcut that you no longer have the original for - maybe a file you deleted or moved. Usually, it's nothing to worry about. You can remove the shortcut by holding down the command key and dragging it off the window.
Matt

Anyone else compulsively hitting command-q in a Finder window? LOL

I know this is silly, but I can't stop hitting command-q to try and close finder windows - because it LOOKS like an application....
Anyone else experience this weird cross-purpose tick?

Ok - now that I've got my fingers going for option-space to bring up Spaces - my urge to command-q Finder windows has reduced a bit...

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I just did a software update on my MacBook Pro and now I am experiencing a weird Airport Extreme usb hard drive issue. I can see the name of my airport extreme in the Shared section of my finder window. However when I click on it, the finder indicates the it's connecting, but it stops immediately and displays the 'Not Connected' message. When I click on the 'Connect As' button, I am prompted to enter my password and if I click 'Connect', it just spins out endlessly. However, when I re-enter the password and press Connect, my usb drive mounts. I can view, access and use the drive's contents, but if I close the finder window, the connection drops and I have to re-connect. What else is weird, is that once I see my drives, the finder indicates that I am connected as another user(not a user native to this computer). This issue did not exist before my software update.
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Free Solution:
Sure there's a »fix« with Apple software. You'll need to install the Developer Tools (Xcode) from the Snow Leopard Install DVD, though.
After you've done that, you can use "SetFile" to clear the Alias bit from the misbehaving Volume:
/usr/bin/SetFile -a a /Volumes/<YourExternalDriveName>
Please keep in mind that using this command might be dangerous, so don't try this solution unless you feel confident on the command line. (See http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/m an1/SetFile.1.html or invoke /usr/bin/SetFile without arguments for more info on the SetFile command.)
...a similar discussion and answer can be found at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131824&start=45&tstart=0

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