In previous MacOS versions it was possible to reset the finder preferences and sidebar preferences by deleting the two files located in the ~/Library/Preferences folder.
However in MacOS Catalina, the sidebarlists.plist file is missing.
Does anyone know where this setting lives now — whether in a different .plist file or elsewhere in the system?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15
From Finder>Go>Go To Folder, copy and paste:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
@leroydouglas,
is it really a 10.5 MB plist file? (not related to the original question, but that huge size [for a plist] shown on the picture above called my attention)
ps: I don't have that file on my Catalina installation
just curious about that size, and if it really is that big (or may have junk (or whatever) inside it, since I don't have that file here to check it.
Thanks in advance
I think those settings are all rolled into the Finder preference list, as it probably always should have been. But that would make it difficult to just trash the plist to reset it as you would now have to trash all the Finder settings.
This is not an issue in Catalina 10.15.6. I suspect you are in the wrong Preference folder.
Reboot the machine if you are still having an issue.
Location of com.apple.sidebarlists.plist in MacOS Catalina?
