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daysofspeed's avatar
daysofspeed
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Finder folder modified dates not being updated to match files inside

As the subject says - I need my folder modified dates to make sense within Finder. If the files within change I want to sort by date modified to find the most recently amended work inside the listed ...
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cellomellowman's avatar
cellomellowman
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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I, too, wish folders could sort by the latest (or earliest) modified date of the files within the folders. I have about 100 folders and I want to find out in which folder I last left off working in. So I choose 'modified' in the folder listing, but the list remains sorted alphabetically.

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