Sunday, February 27, 2011, 07:00 pm
Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: New Finder search, item arrangement views
Item arrangement within list view
In list view, item arrangement locks items into bucket groupings without column search, but still shows the normal metadata for the items. Below are list views arranged by file size, creation date, and app icons arranged by category.



Item arrangement within column view
In column view, item arrangement segments each column into groupings, with multiple columns each grouped as desired. A prominent preview is displayed in the final column. Below is a column views arranged by file size.

Item arrangement within Cover Flow view
In Cover Flow view, item arrangement segments each listing into the desired grouping, just like the normal list view, with a Cover Flow depiction on top. Below is a Cover Flow view of apps arranged by their category.

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In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple has enhanced Spotlight search within Finder windows, while also adding new item arrangement view options to organize files within icon, list, column and Cover Flow views.
Excellent stuff.
Most of what we've see so far seems very useful to me. get things done faster and simpler.
My only dislike is the look of some apps, eg. address book, ical in day-view.
looks twee and childish.
hopefully there will be an option to revert the appearance to SL style.