Normally I have this help document up shortly after Apple updates OS X. This one took a little while longer because the answer was already posted in the comments for the post on how to change the sort order for Yosemite. The biggest change we've seen in El Capitan is …

Apple has released the OS X Yosemite to the general public. As with all the previous released of OS X, I still think Apple has got their system file sorting wrong. ¹ My brain has been, and will probably always will be, hardwired to see folders first and file second …

In my post about Changing OS X Finder.app sort order, one of the critical steps is modifying the InfoPlist.strings file inside the Finder.app package. I’ve been contacted that in some instances the file may be corrupted - as seen below:

You can do the following in the …

I've had feedback from a small number of users about problems with trying to set up Finder.app to sort by Folders first and then other documents. If you're having problems, double check if Finder is trying to utilize the 'Arrange By' filter. To check open Finder and …

Update: Posted additional steps at bottom of post for those having problems with the original steps not taking hold. Apple has finally released the latest update to their OS X operating system - Mavericks. I’ve never been impressed that by default Finder.app sorts folders and files with the same …