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Feb 9, 2016 11:56 AM in response to Jon Levinsonby Shtirlic,That's insane I lost all my handcrafted fav folder and I just can't remember the order of them. This kind of things are slowing down workflow a lot.
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Feb 9, 2016 12:23 PM in response to Shtirlicby polarbreeze1,Don't panic - they're not gone forever, just reboot. Or actually I found that logging out and back in again fixes it too.
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Feb 9, 2016 5:13 PM in response to polarbreeze1by brycesteiner,I haven't found that rebooting or logging out fixes it. It happens mostly when the computer leaves the local network. They are usually permanently gone. The best solution I have found is to create alias' and put them in a folder in documents or somewhere else and then put the alias' on to the sidebar. I haven't any had any of those disappear.
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Feb 9, 2016 8:15 PM in response to brycesteinerby polarbreeze1,If the issue is about network connections, I've found that it makes difference whether you connect to the server with afp protocol versus smb. Which protocol are you connecting with? (This is a different issue from the known bug where all the favourites suddenly disappear from the sidebar - and can be restored by logout/login).
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Feb 9, 2016 8:43 PM in response to Jon Levinsonby Colbster182,Because Apple makes ****** software.
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Feb 10, 2016 6:38 AM in response to Robin Phillips1by Keith Gardner1,That's actually a good idea/suggestion. But this is not the place to suggest it. I hope you'll follow through and post it as a suggestion to Apple Support.
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Feb 10, 2016 6:44 AM in response to polarbreeze1by Shtirlic,Yes, restarting Mac fixed this problem, relaunching Finder not worked.
PS
I must add that these behavior appeared after I tried to connect to the shared disk on another mac and got error, so network access/error may be related to this issue.
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Feb 10, 2016 7:03 AM in response to polarbreeze1by Keith Gardner1,Your message isn't clear... you refer to a "known bug" where all the favorites suddenly disappear from the sidebar, but can be restored. I have not had the experience of them being restorable. I am connecting via SMB. Are you suggesting that if the connection to the server is via AFP, they are restorable by logout/login?
But you also seem to be saying that this is not the issue you're talking about here, so I'm not sure what the other issue is that you are talking about! Thanks.
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Feb 10, 2016 7:43 AM in response to Keith Gardner1by polarbreeze1,What I mean by "it's a different issue" is that there are two separate and (as far as I know) independent topics here:
1. The network reconnect issue that you're talking about. I think you may find that if you connect via afp instead of smb that this issue may go away. That's what I found - however, I didn't confirm it rigorously and these things can sometimes be coincidences. Oh, by the way, I also have the network drives listed in my "startup items" so that they automatically reconnect at startup.
2. Another issue (not related to network connection) where the sidebar favourites disappear but can be restored by restarting or relogging. It's a known bug.
PS - I just realized this thread is titled Mavericks; however, I'm talking about El Capitan - I assume other recent posters are also.
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Feb 11, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Jon Levinsonby @viral,So Mac has its own share of bugs which might be considered unimaginable by someone transitioning from Windows. One example is the file open and save dialog. Windows has a text box where you can type the path of the file or folder and reach there straight. Well... Mac's file open and save dialog does not have a text box at all (there is one to type the filename but can't put in the path there). So you need favourite locations in the left panel from where you can navigate quickly. The bug is that they stop appearing at times and even if you add folders under favourites in the left panel, they keep disappearing. This can make file open or save really painful and slow. Luckily (with some Googling) was able to find a solution to it. Here is the solution:
1) Open terminal window. (Type Terminal in spotlight search)
2) Paste this command at the prompt. (⌘+c to copy from here and ⌘+v to paste in terminal command prompt)
cd ~/Library/Preferences && sudo find com.apple.finder.plist* -exec rm {} \; && killall Finder
3) Enter the password when asked by terminal. It won't show anything on the screen so make sure you type it correctly and press return.
4) Logout and log back in. That should resolve the issue.
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Feb 11, 2016 1:20 PM in response to @viralby polarbreeze1,Yes, I too found that deleting the plist file seems to make the issue go away. You actually don't need to do it through the terminal - you can just do it in Finder. We'll see if it returns
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Feb 11, 2016 8:08 PM in response to David Bregandeby mpoinar,David Bregande wrote:
Well, wait a second. Maybe my problem isn't the same as yours, but I just discovered that when I rollover the word "favorites" on the sidebar, a "show" button pops up. It seems mine had been hidden.
Does this apply to any of you?
Thank you, that just fixed my problem!
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Feb 22, 2016 3:31 PM in response to bakerjaby jameyfranksf,To get your folder to appear, try mousing-over the word "Favorites" on the sidebar. The word "Show" should appear. Click it.