Folder and File Numbers Out of Sequence

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duplicate entry entered by mistake
I don't know if you are aware of this, but that button, has another ability if "option" is held down at the same time? If you hover over the button, t will explain the differences.
 

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Maybe this will help:
Mac 101: Finder filename sorting
Mac 101: Finder filename sorting
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Thanks - that just proves the sorting doesn't work.

The hyphen and parenthesis come before the numbers and the alphabet (according to Mac 101) - in my case, there is one entry with a hyphen, then a few file names alphabetically (so far so good), but then entries starting with a hyphen again and then entries with parentheses.
Certainly doesn't follow the order listed in Mac 101 Finder file sorting.

What I also noticed just glancing through my complete sort is that the sorting algorithm seems to look at more than one character at a time and takes that into consideration - that's why a hyphen with a space as the next "character" is further up in the sorting sequence than the hyphen with a different character as the next one, but regardless, those entries and the ones with parentheses should have still sorted ahead of the alpha characters.
 
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Patrick,

The "Name" option is present in List & Column view and has been since - I'm guessing - at least El Capitan; which is the OS the OP is running.
Have a look at my post #2. That's what it looks like in List/Column views.

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Thanks Ian, I finally found what you and others were referring to but I must admitI have hardly ever used column view and never realized there was actually a variety of sort option that one could change from that little icon in the menu.

Jake wrote:
As long as you have the default to None, it works.
Thans Jake, now that I found it, and I don't even need to have the lists sorted by None.

Sort of neat and I'm sure I could have used the feature fairly often if I had known about it. As they say... RTFM!!!

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I tried installing the combo update but I received an error message that says it "can't be installed on this disk" (MacIntosh HD).
No explanation, just it can't be installed. Screenshot below.

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I tried installing the combo update but I received an error message that says it "can't be installed on this disk" (MacIntosh HD).
No explanation, just it can't be installed. ...

Try this for a possible explanation:
If the mac has installed the latest security update, Security Update 2017-004 OS X v10.11.6 El Capitan then you will no longer be able to install the 10.11.6 Combo update as it has not been updated to include the security update.
Mac Os X - 10.11.6 won't accept lates… - Apple Community

Don't ask me why Apple can't or doesn't update their "Combo" updaters if that's the reason they sometimes won't install. :\

PS: Why can't they even add what macOS version is installed on any of the mounted drives shown????



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I fixed the problem by deleting the following .plist file and then restarting the computer.
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

Now the data appears in proper numerical order within the column view.
Thanks to everyone for their input, it's much appreciated.
 
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And a very big thank you for posting back and sharing the solution so others may benefit.

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fixed the problem by deleting the following .plist file and then restarting the computer.
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist


Wow!!! The old trashing the OS Finder preference file still works again it seems.

And yes, thanks for posting back with your fix and the results.



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Edit: Sorry. I didn't realise that there was a second page when I posted this. So I posted my reply to Patrick without reading the subsequent posts.

I'm up to post #28 on 1 page. I believe I changed a setting way back when to allow more posts per page.
 
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I'm up to post #28 on 1 page. I believe I changed a setting way back when to allow more posts per page.
Thanks you for this, I had no idea there was a setting for this. I was on the system default of 15 posts per page.
 

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I didn't know this either toMACsh. Thank you.

For this interested it is Home > Settings > My Settings (on left side) > General > Scroll down till you find Number of Posts Per Page > Alter to suit yourself > Save (very bottom of page on Right.

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I'm up to post #28 on 1 page. I believe I changed a setting way back when to allow more posts per page.

Thanks you for this, I had no idea there was a setting for this. I was on the system default of 15 posts per page.


Ditto!!! Thanks, and who knew??? Once again, RTFM I guess would help.

Just do what I say to do and not what I do!!! :Smirk:

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