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Finder sidebar not showing documents and other folders

My documents, downloads, desktop, and application folders are not appearing in the Finder sidebar. I can see them from the Go menu. I am running Big Sur.


I do NOT have the folders sync'd to iCloud. I rebooted and same thing.


Thoughts? How to redisplay the folders in Finder?

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 12:38 PM

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Posted on Jul 15, 2021 12:55 PM

If no folders are visible under Favorites in the Finder Sidebar, hover the cursor to the right of the word Favorites until you see an arrow, click it.

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