A folder I created a few months ago stays on top of the list of folders in each new lister view, no matter what I do. Same for a few files, which stay on top of the list of files, no matter what I do. I must have pinned it/them at some point, but I don't recall that. They are not the most recent folder or files I've created, and generally I want to have the default be reverse chronological order - so it drives me to distraction that I can't accomplish this. I've tried to dig through settings/preferences etc. to find an answer. I would appreciate some help on this.
I am a reasonably curious and capable amateur at figuring out computer/app related instructions and guidance. However I would appreciate help - perhaps video walkthroughs if available? to better use DO. It gives me a bit more functionality that Windows but I feel that I am unable to intuitively get to relevant solutions or even seek information in the Manual because the lingo flummoxes me. No doubt this is related to me, but I still feel that in this age of user-friendliness and out of the box plug and play expectations, that users like me probably shouldn't feel so at sea... Anyhow, this is a request for help - anything that can enhance my experience navigating DO and getting a bunch more of the value it's intended to add!
Thanks for your response, and I'm sorry I'm only just getting back.
In ans to your qs: no.
The very first folder acts as though pinned although the label column does not show it as pinned.The first few files that show up (under the folders) act the same way.
I want the items to be reverse chronologically ordered, and despite clicking on the Modified column heading, these items show up on top of their respective category.
It seems many/all more recent folders and files simply don't show up in the list. (If I search (say by keyword in name) they do show up in search results.)
FWIW you can use Help > Secure Screenshot to take a screenshot of an Opus window with filenames obscured (and without including the rest of your desktop).
The folder with the name "OCI..." stays on top no matter what.
The first few files you see - they stay on top of the files section even though since I created/downloaded them I've created scores of other files. Ordering by the "Modified" column does not bring up the more recent files/folders.
I took this screenshot a few days ago to respond to your message but realized later I sent the response to a no-reply email. In any event, I've uninstalled DOpus today and may reinstall later if I have bandwidth. Perhaps that will fix the problem. But I'm too frustrated to feel encouraged right now.
The image has been reduced in size so it's hard to read the details, but it looks like it is correctly sorting by the Modified dates of the folders.
If you're expecting the folder Modified date to change when anything below the folder (recursively) changes, they don't work like that in Windows, but there is way to get something similar as a column in Opus.
They should be in the order of the timestamps, if you’re sorting by the Modified column.
Is your problem that the column isn’t sorting the dates shown in the column correctly (very unlikely), or that the dates aren’t what you expect them to be?
The dates come from the filesystem and get bumped (or left alone) by Windows and its rules for what folder dates mean. Opus has little to do with them.
If there are newer files and I've refreshed the lister, I'm expecting that the sorting by Modified Date would now show the newer folders and files (modified/created since the ones previously shown on top) on top. What's actually happening is that the newer ones are not even showing up in the refreshed lister. They do show up when I search by a specific name or date.
It's hard to tell from your blurry screenshot but it looks like you have a number (31?) of items hidden in the list. Could you have a filter active which is hiding the files you're looking for?
