newbie: Why do Dirs never show size?

[ArthurDaley]

Must be a lame question but I don't know answer.

Directories in Finder never show their size and if you do Get Info it still does not show size? Confused...

 

[robbieduncan]

If I do Get Info mine do. You may have to wait a little: the size is calculated on demand so the more items, the more time taken.

 

[mcavjame]

Must be a lame question but I don't know answer.

Directories in Finder never show their size and if you do Get Info it still does not show size? Confused...

Perhaps the arrow needs to be clicked on the General section. Here is a screen grab of an info display of a folder.

 

[ArthurDaley]

Thanks.

I've taken a closer look.

In Finder it always just shows "--" for size (in the size column). Ditto in Forklift. If I do Get Info in ForkLift "--" remains but in Finder it does show the size.

It really sucks not seeing the size without doing "Get Info". I really need the size column to populate so I can sort folders on size etc.

The only dirs that show size without doing Get Info are <1 meg

 

[Eraserhead]

Go to Finder>View Menu>View Options>Calculate all sizes.

 

[ArthurDaley]

yay! that fixed it. that had me stumped from day one LOL.