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Mac is not sorting by filename correctly (Not a Group By or Arrange By issue)
I've noticed a strange sorting issue on my Mac OS in Finder. I have image files with the following format:
PROJ-202301-General-{random 5 char string}0{maker name}{datetime stamp}{title}.jpg
I have ...
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How do I sort folders by comment in Mac using AppleScripts?
I have folders in this order:
content
forms
gallery
header
misc
navigation
slider
title
I want to sort them this way:
navigation
header
content
title
gallery
slider
forms
misc
I have seen ...
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Sort all text files by size, producing a text list of paths
This gives me a list of paths to all text files:
find / -type f -name '*.txt' > ~/Desktop/sorted.txt
I'd like to sort this path list according each item's file size, but I'm unsure what to use. ...
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Sort App Shortcuts in OS X System Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts
I have a long list of custom shortcuts I've created in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts for menu items in Pro Tools. Despite having edited the application's plist file (com....
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sort -V on Mac OS not working?
Sort -V works on Linux (which means natural sort of version numbers within text) and looks like there is no -V option on MacOS? Any alternatives?
regards,
Lin
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open files in sorted order (OSX)
I'm looking for a terminal command to open many files in preview in "sorted" order. I'd like to open the files in order: 1.pdf, 2.pdf, 3.pdf, 4.pdf, etc. But without first sorting, they are opened ...
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How to find (or sort into sub-folder) multiple TIFF images with layers and/or transparency?
I have a folder with many TIFF files which I need to convert to JPEG. However some of the files have layers and/or transparency and these I don't want to convert.
So how can I move these TIFF files ...
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OS X Lion Finder and Open/Save sheets: How to list folders before files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you sort files in OS X Finder so folders appear at the top?
I'm a recent Mac convert, but I miss the way Windows and many Unix file browsers list folders before files. ...
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How can I sort a folder in OS X Lion without having to group files as done with "Arrange By"?
I'm sorry to say there are several things I liked better in Snow Leopard. Sorting files in Finder is one of those things.
If I "Arrange By" -> "None" it does not group items and it looks like 10.6. I ...
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ls version number sorting Mac OS X
Is there an equivalent to ls -v in Mac OS X that will do version number sorting?
In Mac OS X, ls -v does NOT do version number sorting, but the Finder seems to.
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Equivalent of gnu `sort -R` on OSX?
The GNU sort text utility features a non-standard -R option to randomize input lines.
OSX sort does not have this extension. Is there similar functionality available in another text filter?
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How to sort Spotlight results by size in the Finder?
How do I sort search result by size in Finder? I would prefer some sort of setting, or shell plug-in. I'm using this to clean my hard drive by finding and deleting the largest files first.
I'm not ...
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Path Finder: How to sort files by date, but folders by name?
This is possible in Total Commander.
How can I make such separate sorting in Path Finder as well?
I like to sort files by date, but I don't see any point in sorting folders this way - they just jump ...
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Is there a way to preserve or remember sort-by preferences for different folders in column view in Mac OS X?
For example, I would like to have folders in column view, and to have Folder 1 always to show files sorted by kind, and Folder 2 always to show files sorted by date created. I'm running Leopard, with ...
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