[ph0ust]

hiya. i was curious if it was possible to have finder sort the view so that directories are listed first (in alphapbetical order) and then the individual files (in aphabetical order). i poked around to try and do this but it only seems to allow for alphabetical sorting without choosing how items (i.e. directories and files) are viewed. thanks for any help.

[MPMoriarty]

Yeah, the Finder really doesn't support this type of sorting like Windows does. The way around it is to type a space at the beginning of a folder to make it appear first.

Or you can use Path Finder (an alternative file browser)...

http://www.cocoatech.com/

Path Finder allows you to sort this way. They call it "Smart Sorting" or something like that.

[nder]

The finder will do what you describe if you are in Icon or List view and tell it to sort by Kind. Unfortunately, this does not work in Column view.