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I have Finder preferences set to "Open folders in tabs instead of windows", but when I open a finder window I do not see any tabs, only folders and when I double click on a folder it opens in a new window.

Finder used to just open the folder in the same window revealing the contents of the folder thereby allowing you to navigate to the file that you would like to open in the same window and then once you found the file of interest and double clicked that file, it opened.

I would like to get back to that version of Finder.

Any suggestions?

Edit:

If I open Finder using Go to folder and choose the Macintosh HD then the finder window opens with tabs and I can then navigate to the file of interest.

On the other hand, if I Go to Home, the finder window opens without tabs and now any combination of double clicks opens a new finder window.

I can live with this, I just hope I do not have some adware or something similar that has changed the Finder ... ummmm ... I suppose there is nothing to worry about?

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  • Cmd/double-click should open in either a new window or new tab, depending on what you have set. idk why just double-click with no modifier would do that, though
    – Tetsujin
    Aug 21, 2015 at 12:09
  • @Tetsujin Thanks for you reply ... even with the cmd/double -click, Finder still opens in a new window.
    – railsdancer
    Aug 21, 2015 at 12:59

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From this Apple Support article it's clear that the Finder Preferences are overridden by the preference in System Preferences > Dock > Prefer tabs when opening documents.

This seems oddly clunky to me. Apple's GUIs are usually thought out very carefully, but they seem to have made a mess of this. (Well, unless I'm missing something.)

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