Daniel Gibert

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Just find on internet a MacOs terminal code instruction that makes columns in Finder's column view to auto adjust to filename length and the heaven just opened wide to me.

Why the hell is not this by default or at least as a system setting is beyond me. I've been asking for this since you probably weren't born yet. My only wish for Apple is fulfilled, and not by them.

December 9, 2025 at 6:09:44 PM

what is this magical command?

Praise the Holly bitten Apple, because this is the command given to us:

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXEnableColumnAutoSizing -bool YES; killall Finder

And be rotten out of the fruit bowl those who hid it from us.

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