Finder Sidebar Icons

iMac on 10.15.5

Here's something odd - since 10.13 until now (10.15.5) the icons on some of the Locations in my Finder Sidebar are grey circles, even though the "Get Info" reveals the appropriate icons

Have cleared caches, SMC reset, did Onyx clean etc. Any other ideas welcome. Thank you.

Posted on Jun 20, 2020 8:23 PM

Similar questions

Finder starts to glitch more often Finder recently started to have these glitches: left side of menu bar (at the top of the screen) fails to work. while I am on other apps and attempt to click it, it will immediately change to Finder's menu. However, none of the menu options will be clickable. desktop icons will be shown over other apps' open windows. menu bar shows that I am on Finder. Not sure what exactly triggers these glitches. Force quitting/restarting Finder or restarting my mac does help, but the glitches will come up again later on, so these are just temporary fixes. I am on macOS Monterey version 12.1.
1662 1
icons on toolbar I have 10 icons on the third lowest top toolbar (for amazon, booking.com, pinterest, 2 for aol, Google Chrome, and others) of my MacBook Air and I cannot figure out how they got there or (more important) how to get rid of them. They're not bookmarks, favorites, frequently visited sites (altho they are all sites that I have visited at some point), or identified on ANY of the "toolbar" searches I have tried. When I click on them, the screen immediately opens on the site. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help!
1285 3
How to get rid of blue outlines and black "help" boxes on my MacBook Pro? On my business website a blue outline shows when I click on a text box or drop down window. Also black boxes with white writing appear telling me to use the Tab button to navigate through my site. i never had this before. I attached a picture.ow do I get rid of these? [Re-Titled by Moderator]
2263 2

2 replies

Kappy

Level 10

362,007 points

Jun 20, 2020 8:53 PM in response to web_ed

All the Sidebar icons are gray and minimal, regardless of how they may appear in a Finder or Get Info window. The sidebar imagery is hardwired into macOS.

web_ed Author

Level 1

23 points

Jun 20, 2020 10:13 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you, Kappy

Yes I am aware of that - so allow me to rephrase with below illustration:

In this case, of the 4 locations (besides Network) one sidebar icon is the normal gray minimal Mac OS icon, but others appear as gray dots only - hence my question.

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Finder Sidebar Icons

Welcome to Apple Support Community

A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.

Learn more Sign up