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The Side Bar in Finder can be customised, so can have there On My Mac
I wonder how it is used. I cannot place any file there
MacBook Pro 13″
The Finder sidebar item "On My Mac" is a place where you can view the containers used by various apps. It's similar to how you might see Keynote or Pages store files on your iCloud Drive in container folders; it's the local equivalent.
You can also use it as a shortcut to search for any file stored locally.
Here are some references:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/408206/what-is-the-on-my-mac-folder-in-macos-big-sur
On My Mac folder in favourites in finder - Apple Community
https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/nznl0y/what_is_the_on_my_mac_folder_in_macos_big_sur/
You can also try searching inside the On My Mac folder to see the local search functionality.
I asked the Mac support. They too do not know what it is for.
Can Ekassos explain by referring to a link like on YouTube or help guide in Mac ?
Now I am convinced that "on my mac" is totally nonsense
How to use On My Mac on Finder Sidebar
