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Sidebar Missing in Finder

I rebooted my Mac yesterday to discover that Sidebar (with all my favorite folders) is missing - as too is the 'Create New Folder' on the bottom. I've tried all the obvious options on the menus - without success. Of note, View>Show Sidebar option is grey so I can't select it! (iMac Ventura 13.2.1). Any ideas? Thank you!


iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 10, 2023 8:59 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2023 9:22 AM

DRI FLY wrote:

I rebooted my Mac yesterday to discover that Sidebar (with all my favorite folders) is missing - as too is the 'Create New Folder' on the bottom. I've tried all the obvious options on the menus - without success. Of note, View>Show Sidebar option is grey so I can't select it! (iMac Ventura 13.2.1). Any ideas? Thank you!


Control Command S is the shortcut for showing sidebar in Finder


You can relaunch the Finder from the >Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch

or

Reboot


if no resolve—SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies



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Mar 10, 2023 9:22 AM in response to DRI FLY

DRI FLY wrote:

I rebooted my Mac yesterday to discover that Sidebar (with all my favorite folders) is missing - as too is the 'Create New Folder' on the bottom. I've tried all the obvious options on the menus - without success. Of note, View>Show Sidebar option is grey so I can't select it! (iMac Ventura 13.2.1). Any ideas? Thank you!


Control Command S is the shortcut for showing sidebar in Finder


You can relaunch the Finder from the >Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch

or

Reboot


if no resolve—SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies



Sidebar Missing in Finder

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