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Finder should remember windows size

Submitted by insanelyapplepie on August 11, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Thats really annyoning, who agree? Since early versions.. as far as i remember.

Maybe the windows need a predefined size/resolution that the user would set in the window menu

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Discussion (9 comments)

insanelyapplepie wrote on August 11, 2008, 11:41pm

Changed solution description.

Watchful wrote on August 12, 2008, 12:56am

I'm aware that OS X has it's flaws, but this is not one of them and should be removed. The last three versions of OS X's Finder have done a fine job of remembering window sizes. My windows always come up at the size and placement they were last in. This is accomplished by means of the hidden .ds_store file stored in every folder that has ever been opened.

polycat33 wrote on August 12, 2008, 1:02am

It already does this.

insanelyapplepie wrote on August 12, 2008, 1:04am

not for me

tock_v wrote on August 12, 2008, 4:11am

this happens for me. i resize my finder window every time, but when i restart and open finder again, it's back at its original size. not sure why

justin wrote on August 12, 2008, 7:48am

Open the folder you want to remain the same size. Size it how you like, and then close it without doing anything in it. It'll open that way from then on.

abitgone wrote on August 21, 2008, 1:25am

No thanks. Keep it as it is.

Watchful wrote on December 17, 2008, 6:10pm

Finder already does this, as has been pointed out in previous comments.

mr_lizard13 wrote on May 3, 2009, 9:45pm

"My windows always come up at the size and placement they were last in"

I'm thrilled for you. It doesn't work for everyone, it should, so it deserves to be on this list.

For me, opening Disk Images launches a Finder window much smaller than how I normally have it set.

Next time I launch the Finder, instead of remembering *my* window size, it keeps the small size that the disk image used. I then have to re-size it manually, several times, before it finally works.

This is on both a MacBook and MacBook Air, so it's not specific to one computer, and it's widely reported on the web.

ebaur wrote on December 30, 2009, 1:38am

The main problem behind this is that it's not clear what the size should be. Mac OS X allows a folder to be open in two windows at the same time, which was not possible in Classic Mac OS. Because of that, what does the OS do if the windows are different sizes, which one is it supposed to remember?

I think the OS does a reasonable job at it, but I leave my windows in column view nearly 100% of the time... so the trick of opening a window, sizing it and the closing it works fine for me.

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