How do you change folders listed in Finder?

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How do you change folders listed in Finder?

I want more folders to show on my Finder screen. Right now I can't see as much on iCloud as I would like to. I'd like to add "favorites" I often use. Please advise.

iMac 27″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Nov 20, 2024 5:30 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 20, 2024 9:51 AM in response to CraigT54

CraigT54 wrote: I want more folders to show on my Finder screen.

I'm not totally sure what that means. If you want "Favorites" to be in your iCloud Drive, then just drag it from where it is now to the iCloud Drive folder. iCloud Drive is just a folder like any other, so when you drag Favorites to it, that folder is moved, not copied, and it will disappear from the old place and reappear in iCloud Drive. Then it will be copied to iCloud.com to be available on other devices like your iPhone. If you have Optimize Storage turned on, then when your Mac's drive fills, that folder may be removed from your local iCloud Drive folder and be kept in iCloud.com for you when you need it. You can keep it local by right clicking on Favorites and choosing "Keep Downloaded."

Or do you mean that you'd like to see Favorites in your Finder's Sidebar? In that case, you just drag Favorites to the Sidebar where you'd like it. You can drag it from it's current place, or you can drag it from iCloud Drive.

Is this what you were asking?

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Answer 2

CraigT54 Author

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Nov 20, 2024 4:07 PM in response to Richard.Taylor

Richard, thanks for your help. Let me try again. This is what I see in Finder. I would like to have other folders that I know are on iCloud show up in the Finder sidebar. Where do I see the other folders on iCloud? They aren't on Finder. I know there is one called Documents on the iCloud Drive. (separate from Documents A shown here) I'm drawing a blank as to how to pull up the contents of iCloud Drive.

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