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Finder Window Options for Disks?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1087766" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>The settings for these preferences are stored in a hidden file... there is a global one located in your user Library (iirc), and an additional one in each folder that stores the preferences for that particular folder, if there are any that deviate from the global.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that it's impossible to store those viewing preference changes for a CD/DVD due to lack of ability to write to those disks.</p><p></p><p>There is a very old tip I found that may help. Basically you'd have to log in as root and set your global preferences from there. I don't know if it will affect CD/DVD media though. Be aware that this tip is old... the steps to enable root may be a bit different now. You can easily Google for it yourself. Furthermore... toying around in the system as root is NOT something to be taken lightly. All normal security precautions and warnings are disabled while in root.</p><p><a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050217012732914" target="_blank">Set a permanent column view default for the Finder - Mac OS X Hints</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1087766, member: 38864"] The settings for these preferences are stored in a hidden file... there is a global one located in your user Library (iirc), and an additional one in each folder that stores the preferences for that particular folder, if there are any that deviate from the global. The problem is that it's impossible to store those viewing preference changes for a CD/DVD due to lack of ability to write to those disks. There is a very old tip I found that may help. Basically you'd have to log in as root and set your global preferences from there. I don't know if it will affect CD/DVD media though. Be aware that this tip is old... the steps to enable root may be a bit different now. You can easily Google for it yourself. Furthermore... toying around in the system as root is NOT something to be taken lightly. All normal security precautions and warnings are disabled while in root. [url=http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050217012732914]Set a permanent column view default for the Finder - Mac OS X Hints[/url] [/QUOTE]
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