Folder toolbar and path structure

Hi Luis, Thanks for the quick response. I would never have thought to look for that check box under accessibility. It should be in the finder view options.

BTW, I love the iCloud drive "desktop and documents" feature. However, be warned, if you turn it on on more than one of your computers, all of the files and folders on your desktop will vanish and you will have to go looking for them under iCloud drive. If, like me, you keep your current work on the desktop, this will give you a headache and a lot of work to reverse. Anyway, thanks for the tip. The missing icon has been a long standing irritation. Another example of the triumph of form over function.

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

(this "innovation" came with Big Sur)

"If it 'aint broke, don't fix it." I tend to stick with an OS until the 'innovations' have been sorted. I went from 9.2 to 10.4 to 10.6 to 10.13, each of which, in its own way, was an acme of OS-evolution. I've only had to suffer the missing icon for a year when I bought apple silicon with OS10.12. I was very pleasantly surprised except for that missing icon and loosing a lot of legacy software.

Best wishes, Ronnie.

Hi Barney,

I finessed the screenshot because I was on the wrong computer, but it does not change the situation. I am now on computer 2 that does not have iCloud Drive "desktop and documents" turned on. No matter what folder I start from, the path leads to the wrong serial number. The attached screenshots are taken from computer 2.

Barney-15E wrote:

I don’t understand why you are seeing a serial number at all. That’s not normally part of the host name. I have no idea how you would get it there unless you named your Mac with it.

Hi Barney, This is one I think I can answer. More than likely it comes from the profile on the the new M1 security chip and the "Total Control" software placed there by my employer. Of course I tried to disable it but it is not possible, it just reinstates itself. I don't think it is related to the fact that the file path on both computers point at the same serial number. I think that is caused by iCloud drive. I bet the names would resolve if I unchecked the Desktop&Documnts or signed out of iCloud. Back in the day I would have tried it but I've learned not to mend things that aren't exactly broken. I got the important answer to my first question, so I think we should let this one drop. Thanks for all your efforts. You've saved my bacon several times over the years.