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How To: Arrange Your Files In The Finder
When navigating through files and folders you will be in a Finder window. At times you may wish to arrange your content differently for easier browsing.
You can of course click on name, date modified, size, and kind from the top of the Finder window when in list mode but not all of us use list mode. Some are interested in a little more fine tuning.
If this is the case you can select the following drop down arrangement icon which will separate your files and folders into a more coherent view:
Once you select one of the arrangement views you will no longer be able to simply click on date modified, sized, or name in the finder window and have the content arranged accordingly. If you want that control you will need to select None as shown in the image above.
Please note these settings will only apply to a single folder or Finder window and will not be replicated across your entire computer.
Below are example of the four main views in Finder windows and how they will look when Date Modified is selected from the arrangement icon:
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