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On my MacBookPro I would like to organise my folders in alphabetical order and the files within in date order. I only seem to be able to do one or the other for all.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0
philipfromwilts wrote:
Hi, thank you for your quick reply. Could you put in simple persons explanation please. To further explain my idea; I would like to be able to find my folders in alphabetical order and then when open a folder would see the files in date order.
Yes.
In your Finder Window— select a heading will organize accordingly, click the heading again will reverse the order.
Organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support
Sort and arrange items in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support
I find that the " List" view the easiest to read/organize:
philipfromwilts wrote:
Hi, thank you for your quick reply. Could you put in simple persons explanation please. To further explain my idea; I would like to be able to find my folders in alphabetical order and then when open a folder would see the files in date order.
Yes.
In your Finder Window— select a heading will organize accordingly, click the heading again will reverse the order.
Organize your files in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support
Sort and arrange items in the Finder on Mac - Apple Support
I find that the " List" view the easiest to read/organize:
philipfromwilts wrote:
On my MacBookPro I would like to organise my folders in alphabetical order and the files within in date order. I only seem to be able to do one or the other for all.
Create sub-folder and change the organization within
Hi, thank you for your quick reply. Could you put in simple persons explanation please. To further explain my idea; I would like to be able to find my folders in alphabetical order and then when open a folder would see the files in date order.
This is very helpful thank you. It doesn't quite give me the solution I was hoping for, which is to not have to keep toggling back and forth as I move between folders, but I am very grateful for you taking the time to help me.
Finder Help: I would like to organise my folders alphabetically and files by date
