OS X 10.7 Lion Finder - Folders on top

gistfile1.txt

Open Terminal.
Type this command:

cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/
Now, the file we want to mess around is the InfoPlist.strings. But unfortunately, this file cannot be edited directly using text editor in Lion. But no worries. Run this command to make it editable.

sudo plutil -convert xml1 InfoPlist.strings
Now the file should be editable and readable. Use your favorite text editor and open InfoPlist.strings. I just used vim

sudo vim InfoPlist.strings
Inside you’ll find XML document. Go to the following lines:

<key>Folder</key>
<string>Folder</string>
All you have to do is to add a space before the second Folder like this:

<key>Folder</key>
<string> Folder</string>
Save the file. Convert the file to binary again using the following command.

sudo plutil -convert binary1 InfoPlist.strings
Restart Finder.

killall Finder
That’s it!

http://nicnocquee.com/put-folders-on-top-when-sort-by-kind-in-mac-o

This does not seem to work in 10.8.4 anymore?
I tried to sort a folder content by Name, so ideally, I would expect folders are sorted by themselves at the top with files sorted by themselves below folders. But even with this fix, it doesn't seem to have any behavior changes.