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No sidebar when clicking on Finder in Dock

The Finder window View Menu shows "Show Sidebar" greyed out. It used to show it the Sidebar. The Sidebar does come up when I click on an external drive to view its contents. Also, when using "Save As" in an application, the Sidebar does come up.

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Apr 12, 2020 12:43 PM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2020 1:57 PM

Make sure to "Show Toolbar"

You can't have Sidebar without Toolbar.

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No sidebar when clicking on Finder in Dock

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