In OSX is there any way to remove the sidebar permanently in Finder windows?

January 14, 2004 10:05 AM

OS X: Any way to have the (basically useless) sidebar that appears in all Finder windows automatically disabled for all windows?
posted by gwint to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

See this hint and ensuing discussion.
posted by anathema at 10:10 AM on January 14, 2004

You can click the little widget in the top right corner of all windows to switch to the plain window style, or command click it to cycle through the Finder window options (small text, no icons, etc.) New windows open according to whatever you last set.
posted by jack_mo at 11:20 AM on January 14, 2004

Forgot about the widget. Thanks, jack.
posted by anathema at 12:46 PM on January 14, 2004

Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still getting varying results depending on which folder and volume (some remote) I open. I wish there was a way to tell the OS: Listen, this is how I want windows to appear, every where, every time, always. The process for how windows get 'tagged' with particular display prefs I find very unintuitive. Gah.
posted by gwint at 1:39 PM on January 14, 2004