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Restore Finder's folder view options on OS X
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Restore macOS Finder's folder view options

  1. Open the Terminal then type sudo find followed by a single space.

  2. Drag your starting folder from any Finder window to the Terminal window (or use a forward slash "/" to indicate the system root for the whole system. Takes too much time. Not recommended).

  3. Type -name followed by a space and then the file name pattern you would like to search for .DS_Store.

  4. Type -delete to have the command delete files.

  5. To refresh Finder windows finish the first command with ; followed by a space, then type killall Finder.

When you are done, the command should look something like the following:

sudo find [folder path] -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder

Now hit Enter/Return, you will be prompted for your password. You won't see your password as you type, so type carefully and hit Enter/Return again and waint untill the process finished.

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