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Finder disappearances

My 'Desktop' and 'Documents' have disappeared from Favourites. I don't know what I've done, or how to retrieve them. Help!

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on May 1, 2022 5:06 AM

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picas

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Posted on May 2, 2022 3:15 AM

Desktop and documents can be dragged into Favourites.

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picas

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May 2, 2022 3:15 AM in response to phillippa1610

Desktop and documents can be dragged into Favourites.

PRP_53

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May 2, 2022 2:30 AM in response to phillippa1610

Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive

tjk

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May 1, 2022 8:55 AM in response to phillippa1610

Hi,

Click on Desktop > Finder Menu > Preferences > Sidebar > Show these items in the sidebar > under Favorites click on Desktop and Documents.

May 2, 2022 1:42 AM in response to tjk

Thank you- but the desktop and documents are ticked on the sidebar, but they don’t appear under favourites in finder. I can’t get into Apple support to chat. Getting more frustrated!

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