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 …

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 …

Note: This post is out of date and does not include all of the original content. Please refer to the most recent version here: Sorting OS X in Yosemite.

One of the first things I hear when working with a recent Windows to Mac convert is how Finder sorts files …