How do I turn off the "today/yesterday/previous 7 days, etc" grouping in the pop-up "where:" window whenever I save a file while working on something?

Up to OS Big Sur, I never had this issue. Now after getting a new Mac with preinstalled OS Ventura, the default seems to be grouping on location folders into today, yesterday & last seven days, etc., or I might have hit a button unknowingly. I just want to see all the folders that are on my desktop where I frequently save.
How do I stop TextEdit from saving in the "TextEdit" Folder on iCloud Drive as the default? I would like to set the default as "Desktop."

Thank you all for any pointers.

Mac Studio, macOS 13.5

Posted on Nov 2, 2023 07:16 PM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Posted on Nov 3, 2023 04:03 AM

In the Finder's View menu, make sure that "Use Groups" is not checked.

Then in the Sort by submenu, choose the sort order you want (e.g. by name).

For 2: AFAICT the default save location for a new document is wherever you saved last, so save something to your Desktop, make a new document, and try to save - does it still default to iCloud?

Note: for existing documents, the default for "Save As..." is the location of the source document.

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