File sequence

[olivepixel]

Have a feeling this is something obvious I've missed or a previous request I've not noticed, but:

For me, files aren’t ordered properly. It goes 1,10,16,2,20,21,3,4 etc instead of the expected.

[Efrem]

1, 10, 16, 2, 20, 21, 3, 4 is an order; it's an alphabetic/numeric order like a, ab, ac, ac1, b2, b2a, bc, c, ...

To solve this problem is simple, you must re-name the files like:
001
002
003
010
016
020
021
etc.

The reading order of the symbols, numbers and letters in the OS file's names, generally is:
$, %, &, +, =, £, -, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, ...

[olivepixel]

1, 10, 16, 2, 20, 21, 3, 4 is an order; it's an alphabetic/numeric order like a, ab, ac, ac1, b2, b2a, bc, c, ...

Sure, but the vast majority of programs and operating systems take this into account these days and sort files in the order humans would expect.

[Joris]

I never noticed this before, but Finder handles the sorting the 'human way' as well. You see something new every day I guess.

I'll make a feature request for this.