I have two MacPro5,1's. I updated the first one to High Sierra a few months ago (Yes, I'm behind. But that's by choice). Was on El Capitan before that. And since upgrading, I noticed that columns in every window I open, keeps resetting. Allow me to explain. After upgrading to 10.13.x, I would open a drive or a folder, and the columns I see are "Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind" (those are the columns I prefer). I would resize it, so that I only see "Name, Date Modified, and Size" (better use of real esate). "Kind" is off to the side, because I still use it. This is how I've alway set up my windows. But since upgrading, whenever I close the windows, and re-open them. The columns would revert back to "Name, Date Modified, Size, and Kind" in view. I can keep resizing the columns, but they will always open back up to what it originally was. See image examples below. I just upgraded my second MacPro5,1. And now it's experiencing the same issue. Note, however, the size of the window itself, is not affected. Whatever size it is on closing it, will still be the same size when you open it again. But the columns would have reset themselves.
Columns on open (reverted):
Columns resized:
For as long as I can remember, this has never happened in any iteration of Mac OS I've used, since 1991. Is this a known glitch in High Sierra? If so, anyone find a fix? Or is there a new hidden setting that I can go to, and will fix this issue?
I've tried removing the "Kind" column. And used the View Option (Cmd J) to sort by Kind. That sorta works. The windows now keep the remaining column widths (Name, Date Modified, and Size) the same size whenever opening. Awesome! But now, whenever opening folder or drive windows again, it no longer remembers to sort by Kind. It keeps defaulting to Name. Mac OS has gotten pretty dumb and ridiculous over the years. You would never see these issues with simple Finder functions in older OS's. At least I've never run into this issue, until upgrading to High Sierra.
And unfortunately, even though my systems can technically be upgraded to 10.14. I need to upgrade my GPU's to a Metal compatible one. Otherwise, the upgrade won't work. The ones that I have managed to find that is compatible with my Mac Pro's, costs more than my systems themselves. Not worth the upgrade to 10.14. And from what I've read, while looking up to any solution to my issue, this seems to be a problem with the newer Mac OS's as well. I miss Jobs. He would never let something like this slide. He was pretty meticulous. Guess everyone has laxxed under Cook. And it clearly shows. We no longer get the same quality and innovation that came from the era of Jobs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
Columns on open (reverted):
Columns resized:
For as long as I can remember, this has never happened in any iteration of Mac OS I've used, since 1991. Is this a known glitch in High Sierra? If so, anyone find a fix? Or is there a new hidden setting that I can go to, and will fix this issue?
I've tried removing the "Kind" column. And used the View Option (Cmd J) to sort by Kind. That sorta works. The windows now keep the remaining column widths (Name, Date Modified, and Size) the same size whenever opening. Awesome! But now, whenever opening folder or drive windows again, it no longer remembers to sort by Kind. It keeps defaulting to Name. Mac OS has gotten pretty dumb and ridiculous over the years. You would never see these issues with simple Finder functions in older OS's. At least I've never run into this issue, until upgrading to High Sierra.
And unfortunately, even though my systems can technically be upgraded to 10.14. I need to upgrade my GPU's to a Metal compatible one. Otherwise, the upgrade won't work. The ones that I have managed to find that is compatible with my Mac Pro's, costs more than my systems themselves. Not worth the upgrade to 10.14. And from what I've read, while looking up to any solution to my issue, this seems to be a problem with the newer Mac OS's as well. I miss Jobs. He would never let something like this slide. He was pretty meticulous. Guess everyone has laxxed under Cook. And it clearly shows. We no longer get the same quality and innovation that came from the era of Jobs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.