Re: Been there. Done that.
In my documents folder on this Mac things are alphabetical by name but it might not look like it because some items are at the top because I gave them a space as the first character which makes them sort first. Very useful feature that which also means if I sort by date to find a recent file it all goes back again when I sort by name.
I have all the hidden system files showing because it's MY laptop and I'll see them if I want to.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
