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Finder Sidebar favorites: How do I sync these favorites across macOS machines?

I use multiple macOS devices a day and frequently use the sidebar favorites to quickly get to items I'm actively working on. Yet, when I put a folder in Sidebar Favorites, this choice does not get synchronized to my other machines. Has anyone found a way, or an application, that can do that?

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 7:59 AM

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Posted on Jan 17, 2022 8:43 AM

Thanks. It would be nice to have a row there called "Sidebar Settings". Given how handy this is for macOS folder navigation I'm surprised someone has not made an app (or a bash script) to sync across macOS instances. Maybe this is a narrower use case than I am imagining...

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Jan 17, 2022 8:38 AM in response to mma165

mma165 wrote:

I use multiple macOS devices a day and frequently use the sidebar favorites to quickly get to items I'm actively working on. Yet, when I put a folder in Sidebar Favorites, this choice does not get synchronized to my other machines. Has anyone found a way, or an application, that can do that?


Finder sidebar has never sync'd across devices—


Make changes to iCloud is used to sync: >System Preferences>AppleID>iCloud



Change your iCloud settings - Apple Support


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