How to modify "Date Added" properties in Mac OS Finder

Dear Developers,


Discialmer: this is my first-ever post on this forum, so please accept my apologies if I am asking this question in a wrong place. Sending this post was suggested by one of the users of Apple Communities forum, where I posted the same question earlier (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251218496).


I would like to be able to modify how Mac OS Finder sorts files when selecting "Date Added" sorting feature in Finder window. So far, the way Mac OS Finder sorts files with "Date Added" is as follows:


[Previous 30 Days] - [last few months] - [previous year] - [two years ago] - [three years ago ...]


Just like in the screenshot below:


However, I would like to have the files sorted as follows (as an example):


[this month - year] - [previous month - year] - [two months ago - year] - [three months ago - year] - ...


Is there a way how to change it?


Thank you for any suggestions!


Best regards,

Przemek

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Is there a way how to change it?

No. While the date added value of an item is accessible via public API (

NSURLAddedToDirectoryDateKey
), the logic used by the Finder to group items into buckets is completely internal to the Finder.

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