Downloads Folder Disappeared from Finder, AND Finder Preferences

Agc_5602 wrote:

Hello, my downloads folder has mysteriously vanished from my finder sidebar and dock.

I've tried to restore it in the Finder preferences, but it doesn't show up there, either

The only path that I can find is through MY MACBOOK / Macintosh HD / Users / MyUserName / Downloads. I can't figure out how to get it back to either, my sidebar or my dock. What's going on?

I'm on a 2020 Macbook Pro, running Sonoma 14.5.

Hmmm... and no idea why all of a sudden it is gone(?)

Can you simply drag/drop it from your Homefolder back to the Finder sidebar

third party sync software can usurp the Downloads folder...

OneDrive, GoogleDrive, BackBlaze or DropBox

The current stable release of Sonoma including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 14.6.1

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To restore your Downloads folder, first open Finder and go to **Finder** > **Preferences** > **Sidebar** and check the **Downloads** box. For the Dock, navigate to `/Users/MyUserName/Downloads` in Finder, then drag the Downloads folder to the right side of the Dock. If it’s still missing, try restarting your Mac or create a new Downloads folder in the same location.

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