Right-clicking the column separator will show this contextual menu with various options for resizing the columns.
In addition to dragging one column, you can dynamically set all the columns to the same size by holding the Option key when dragging one column separator. The basic option for resizing columns in OS X is to click and drag the column separator (to the right of the column), which will expand or shrink it accordingly however, this can be a bit of a burden if you need to expand multiple columns in a window. To get around these drawbacks of the column view, Apple provides some options for resizing the columns: This sometimes results in long file names being truncated or the column being too wide and taking up window space. While this feature makes navigating and moving files around a bit easier, often when you scroll up or down in column view the column size will not change. The Finder in OS X has four views: Icon, List, Cover Flow, and Column, which can be activated on any Finder window to display its contents in different ways.Įach has its perks and uses, though many may often use column view because it shows multiple levels of a directory tree in the same window and can therefore help in organizing and navigating files.