Finder window defaults
as a Mac user for over thirty years, i've never really understood how the Finder window options work.
firstly, i'd love to know how to set them globally. i was told to do it with no windows open, but then a lot of the options aren't available. and given the paltry few options for Icon Size, i'd like to set it to 16 for all Finder windows. also, i'd like to show the Path and Status bars by default. i'd also like List view to be the default.
and this may be asking far to much, but i'd like only the columns i want in Finder windows, as default, and for them to always be in the same sequence. i don't really need to see Date Created or Date Added (whatever the difference is), or Date Last Opened, as Date Last Modified is good enough for me. they seem to change from day to day with no apparent reason. and i have no need for times in this field on the list, dates are fine, unless it's today.
i hope people see this, as i couldn't find a way of tagging it as relevant to the Finder app, and not any specific OS.
any advice gratefully received.
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.6