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Devices in Finder Sidebar

I found a search on this subject before, and it appears that High Sierra changed the default setting of the hard drive or any external drives to not be selected in Finder Preferences. Is this because Apple is trying to force us to put everything on the iCloud?

Posted on Aug 26, 2019 1:00 PM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2019 1:06 PM

Hi catfishkp96,


Not sure why the devices are not automatically shown in the update. It may be to prevent changes to home folder permissions unnecessarily, or for a cleaner Finder window.


If you want to see the devices, do the following:

  1. Open Finder
  2. Select Finder (top left) > Preferences > Side Bar
  3. you should be able to customize what you would like to see in Finder!


Heres the article for iCloud Drive FAQ: HT201104 if you have further questions regarding this feature.

Some cool stuff is coming out for iCloud Drive/Desktop&Documents with the release of MacOS Catalina!


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Aug 26, 2019 1:06 PM in response to catfishkp96

Hi catfishkp96,


Not sure why the devices are not automatically shown in the update. It may be to prevent changes to home folder permissions unnecessarily, or for a cleaner Finder window.


If you want to see the devices, do the following:

  1. Open Finder
  2. Select Finder (top left) > Preferences > Side Bar
  3. you should be able to customize what you would like to see in Finder!


Heres the article for iCloud Drive FAQ: HT201104 if you have further questions regarding this feature.

Some cool stuff is coming out for iCloud Drive/Desktop&Documents with the release of MacOS Catalina!


Devices in Finder Sidebar

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