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Alphabetical file name order within folder

Folders have always opened with files in alphabetical order. For some reason they have recently started to have an order whereby the last opened file goes to the top of the list. Needless to say, this throws the alphabetical sequence completely out. Does anyone know why this happens and have a permanent solution to getting the folder contents back to alphabetical order ?


Many Thanks

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jul 4, 2022 8:45 AM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2022 8:48 AM

Change the sort to by name instead of modified date.

Sort and arrange items in the Finder on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

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Alphabetical file name order within folder

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