Hi. I accidentally deleted my fanned out downloads folder from my dock. A plain downloads folder shows in trash but when I remove it and insert it in the dock, it dones not function the way the original does. How can I get the other one back and have it fan out from the dock?
MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 111 GB, 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SD RAM
If you CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the Dock icon of the folder then you can select the display mode you want from the context menu.
If you've emptied the Trash already then drag the /Home/Downloads/ folder icon to the right side of the Dock.
If you CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the Dock icon of the folder then you can select the display mode you want from the context menu.
If you've emptied the Trash already then drag the /Home/Downloads/ folder icon to the right side of the Dock.
Hi Todd, I assume this is on the roght side of the Dock between Applications & Trash?
Right click or Control+click on that Dock icon, choose Display as Folder & Show as Fan, Grid, or List, or whatever.
But I'm not seeing the Home/Downloads folder icon to the right side of the Dock.
Is Home/house showing in the sidebar of a Finder Window? If so find the Downloads folder to the right , highlight it & drag it to the right side of the dock.
Please reread my post: drag the /Home/Downloads/ folder icon to the right side of the Dock.
The folder is completely gone. The one I had before had an arrow on it. This one is different.
I've understood the instructions you provided. The folder does not change when I choose fan, grid, etc. It is just a plain looking folder; the one I originally had had an arrow on it.
You are saying there is no Download folder in your Home folder? Just a folder icon with an arrow in the lower left. That's an alias. Delete it. Press COMMAND-SHIFT-N to create a new folder. Name it Downloads. Drag it to the Dock's right side. Of course nothing will appear until you put some downloaded files in it.
But then why doesn't it fan, grid, etc.? I already had made another folder.
You're confusing me, lower left or to the right of the Dock?
Ohhh, I was over looking the Finder folder on the far left. The original downloads folder is in there with 5 items in it.
It's back. Thanks for your help. I wasn't understanding the "Finder" instructions on the left.
Thank you!
Downloads folder missing
