I rarely use the Finder outside of list view, but sometimes I need to view a large folder of images to select from. By default, the icons/image previews are not large enough for my needs, so I increase the size of the thumbnail icons in the bottom right of the finder window to determine which image to use. Easy peasy.
When I do this, however, the icons don't cascade down. Instead, I get a scrollbar with icons out of view to the right. This is so Windows 2000.
My solution is to go to View > Clean Up By > Name
and all icons are shown with only up and down scrolling and are the size I want.
Is there some way I can have it so when I increase icon preview size in the Finder, that all images stay inline?
I don't need to set a default size for all icons to load. I prefer the default size for most use cases, aside from this one.
See below for an example showing my workflow issue.
tl;dr I want responsive design applied to my finder icons!
Best Answer
You can have the folder contents auto-arranged in icon view via a few settings in
View > Show View Options
(⌘ Cmd-J).When you select the files to be
Arranged By
the criteria you prefer and selectUse as Defaults
, the icons are automatically re-organised on-the-fly. Note that you don't need to selectAlways open in icon view
, as in the example image below.These default settings will be used for all folder that don't have folder-specific settings applied, before or after setting the defaults.
You have to restart Finder, e.g. by
killall Finder
before the new defaults are used.(Image borrowed from a SuperUser answer)