Get Finder.app to sort like Windows Explorer a la terminal.
A snippet from my Ansible OS X workstation playbook (repo soon). Tested in OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks
| # Use list view in all Finder windows by default | |
| # Four-letter codes for the other view modes: 'icnv', 'clmv', 'Flwv' | |
| defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredViewStyle -string "Nlsv" | |
| # Set item arrangement to none (enables folder dropdowns, 'Name' if you want to remove them) | |
| defaults write com.apple.finder FXPreferredGroupBy -string "None" | |
| # Sort list view by kind in ascending order (Windows style) | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:ExtendedListViewSettings:sortColumn kind" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:ExtendedListViewSettings:columns:4:ascending true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:ListViewSettings:sortColumn kind" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
| /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :StandardViewSettings:ListViewSettings:columns:kind:ascending true" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist | |
| # Sort Folders before files hack (Windows style) | |
| FILE=/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings | |
| # Backup InfoPlist.strings first if no backup exists | |
| [ -f $FILE.bak ] || sudo ditto $FILE $FILE.bak | |
| # Convert InfoPlist.strings to XML | |
| sudo plutil -convert xml1 $FILE | |
| # Add a space in front of 'Folder' string | |
| sudo sed -i '' 's/g\>Folder/g\> Folder/' $FILE > /dev/null | |
| # Convert InfoPlist.strings back to binary | |
| sudo plutil -convert binary1 $FILE | |
| # Remove all .DS_Store files to reset folder specific view options | |
| sudo find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm -f {} \; | |
| # Restart cfprefsd and Finder | |
| killAll cfprefsd | |
| killAll Finder |
This performs the "space before folder" hack, does it? Handy!