How do I get my folder list from the dock to start at the TOP of the folder rather the bottom, when organized by date?
It makes sense if you think about it from a Finder perspective...when you click on Date Modified in Finder, you generally want the newest items at the top of the list.

That said, it doesn't make sense when the list in this case opens from the bottom (at least, not without some way to sort the opposite way). I wasn't able to find a way around this, but there are two work-arounds:


Use the keyboard shortcut Control-Command-↑ to jump up a page at a time
Use the Home key to jump straight to the top of the list (similarly, End jumps back to the bottom)


On a Mac keyboard without Home or End keys, the combination Fn-← stands in for Home, and Fn-→ stands in for End.