OS X V10.7 Lion :: Can't Sort The Dock
Apr 26, 2012When there are many files on the Dock, I have difficulties to find them?Is there no way to sort the Dock?
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View 2 RepliesI checked the Address Book and specified I wanted the email addresses sorted by first name but it didn't change anything and Mail Mail address book didn't change either. How do I sort email addresses?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a lot of PDF and other files in general that I would like to keep sorted by date. Normally in finder options I would sort them by date but the problem is that the bulk of them were added to my laptop by scanning, e mail hard drives so the creation dates of these files is not necessarily the same date as these statements. I tried naming theses files by date e.g. 10/02/12 etc but obviously this did not work as numbers are recognised in sequence and not by calender.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Is there any way to sort files in my finder first by kind (folders, pdfs, jpegs, docxs, etc.) and then by name? Right now I can only sort by one or the other. If I sort by kind, the files are grouped according to kind, but the names are mixed up. If I sort by name, all file types and folders are sorted according to name. I like the column view because directory structure can be seen easily.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I want to sort ALL the files on my mac so that no matter what folder i'm in or how deep in folders i am everything is sorted by name.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Since installing Lion, when I open "Downloads" in Finder and put it to view as "list" it won't stay this way. Each time I open it I have to put it back and also fix it to sort by most recent date. Then closing it down, and opening the icon on the dock, it shows back up as icons and alphabetically. How do you get it to stay on the "list" and by most recent date options?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
how to sort files and folders by date. As all this data is from the last 5 years naming them alphabetically (jan 09, feb 10 etc) was not working. create names numerically yy/mm/dd. While this works I have many folders, sub folders and sub sub folders and it gets somewhat confusing at times. Is there some alternate solution so that I can name folders by month and year alphbetically and force Finder Column view to show me the list in the way I want ( such as Jan09, Feb 09, march 10, april 10 etc)
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
how to establish the prioritization of the criteria against which which I want mail to sort my email. Said another way, when I click on the "from" header to sort my email, what criteria does mail use to order within that group...and more importantly how do I change it? I have attached two screen shots which demonstrate the source of my confusion.In this example, I know that William James sent me an email sometime in September or October.So I click on the "from" header and all the William James emails are lined up one after the other. Now I try to go find the ones that were send sometime in September and October, and they aren't grouped that way. The first grouping criteria seems to be whether the email was read, replied to, or unopened. So that explains why the two emails with the blue dots are at the top (I don't like it...but at least I understand it).Then all the "replied-to" emails are next.Can someone look at the entries and explain how they are organized? As you can see the dates do not line up at all...so I know the date isn't the next criteria.Once I get past the blue dot, the first email is from Nov 2010, then 2 from May 2011, then 5 from Sept 2011, then two from August 2011...so they are bouncing around. Scroll down one frame, and here are the next set of emails from William James. It now jumps from August 2011 emails to October 2011 emails and back to September 2011 emails.The "to" field doesn't seem to follow a pattern, nor does the subject.
Again, my main goal is to find out how to change it so that the date is the secondary sort criteria.I am incredibly disappointed in the lack of documentation about this seemingly obvious issue.I can't find any questions about it on the support forums, etc....so either people just live with this stupidity like I have for a year or something is wrong with my instance of mac mail.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Is it possible to sort all the messages in my inbox by unread status and then by date?Â
That is, I will have all of my unread emails at the top, but then the first read email will be my most recently received one?Â
At the moment, sorting by unread status means that the top read emails are the ones that have been forwarded/replied to, and then the most recently dated ones.Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
About 2 weeks ago suddenly Finder are unable to sort files in alphabetical order in Column mode.About the same time when my external HDD died (don't know whether this has any effect).Â
Sorting by name works fine in icon only mode, but whenever I switch to Column mode its completely disorganized.And when I tried in coverflow mode its alphabetical but in inverted mode (Z to A).Â
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MacBook Air
I use apple mail for two separate accounts and would really like to be able to sort my messages into folders to make them easier to manage. I can't seem to be able to do so?
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MBP 15" 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
How do i create subfolders in my mailbox to sort recieved emails by topic?
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iMac, iOS 5.1.1
sort button on mail does not work, no pull down menu provided
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I've seen several post about this issue, which was caused by either VMware or changing the desktop background. However, neither is the problem for me. I have the default background and I don't even have VMware installed. Here is a screenshot of my active programs:'Â
I have the new MBP with Retina and Lion 10.7.4. I tried loading in safe mode with same problem. I don't use parallels or anything similar either.Â
For the update from 10.6.8 to 10.7.3 the dock settings - neither startup options, nor programm icons are kept for restart.Â
I've tried delete prefs: dock.db; dock.plist; finder.plist Â
My wife removed the Applications and Downloads folders from her dock. Can I simply drag these folders from Finder to the dock to restore them to the dock? If so, will they stay on the dock? On my iMac I do not see an option, "Keep on the Dock". for folders
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), MacBook Air, IPad v1, Apple TV v2
How do I hide the dock bar
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MacBook Pro, Other OS, OS X Lion 10.7.3
I can't seem to drag any icons on or off of my dock. Once it worked breifly but after that it hasn't worked since.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
recently i have restarted my 2009 24" iMac with OS X 10.7.4 to find that the wallpapers flash on and off and there is no dock. i have tried deleting the caches, and have repaired disk permissions, to no avail. short of a fresh reinstall?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), i have an additional monitor attach
How do I remove icons for applications from the Lion dock? I have a new iMac and can't use the normal drag and remove "poof" or add by dragging from applications folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I am trying to rearrage the icons on my Dock and have forgotten how.I believe there is a key+click and drag option, but what key?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), MacBook Air, IPad v1, Apple TV v2
I suddenly have a problem where I can't add or remove programs from the dock. When I try to drag a program icon to the dock it won't stick to it and shows a "+" next to it in green. When I try to drag an icon off the dock it shows a shadow of the icon that won't go away. I tried making a new user and the same behavior occurs in that user. I tried finding my com.apple.dock.plist but couldn't locate it. I was able to find com.apple.dockfixup.plist and tried deleting.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen I started my Mac today the icon from the Finder in the Dock was away.Â
What have I done yet? Repaired the disk persmissions.Deleted the .plist file from the Dock and restarted it. What can I else do? All users on the computer have the same problem.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Need to know if it is possible to remove the dock so that my little children don't get on it and start pressing all icons possible? I have the track pad so I can just use the launchpad to access anything that I need.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
when I add the "applications" folder to the dock, it shows the "address book" icon
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My download folder used to be in my dock. I have opened it in finder, dragged to desktop, but still can not drag it to my dock. Not sure why it disappeared from the dock and cant get it back.
Info:Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Whenever I try to open a Folder from the Dock using the "Open In Finder" command the folder window does not show up but instead the Preview app starts up and scans the selected folder,i.e., Applications, for any files it recognises.Â
I have repaired the permissions but it makes no difference. I have removed all folder icons from the dock and replaced them but to no avail. I have deleted the dock preferences files in my Home folder & restarted but the problem remains. Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 24" 2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
how to disable the mini-dock
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