Keeping Folders/Files Organised

[mshepp]

I have been a mac user for a grand total of two months and something that continues to bug me is that finder doesn't/hasn't been set up to organise my files and folders automatically.

I like my folders and files to be arranged neatly with even spacing and no gaps but a lot of the time they are all over the place and I have to manually "arrange by" to get them into some type of order.

Is there anyway setting that can be changed so finder will automatically arrange new folders, files, extracted data etc?

Thanks

 

[miles01110]

View > Sort by > "Snap to grid"

 

[mshepp]

View > Sort by > "Snap to grid"

I can't seem to find that option, I forget to mention that im running Lion if that makes any difference?

Thanks

 

[James_C]

You may want to use list view, rather than icon view.

 

[James_C]

Or if you prefer Icon View, read this guide

http://www.cultofmac.com/108289/lea...der-clean-up-by-arrange-by-on-lion-os-x-tips/

 

[Gregg2]

Command-J

That opens Show View Options.
Play with the options to see what works best for you.