Jon Levinson

Q: why folders disappear from finder sidebar in mavericks?

Why do, for no apparent reason, the folders I have added to the Finder's sidebar just disappear when I open a Finder window?

Posted on Nov 13, 2013 7:53 AM

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  • by brycesteiner,

    brycesteiner brycesteiner Nov 11, 2015 4:35 PM in response to Keith Gardner1
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    Nov 11, 2015 4:35 PM in response to Keith Gardner1

    I've never had to do that before, but I do know what you are talking about and have also done that. If I have aliases on the desktop and I try to copy to it right after boot up it still won't copy until I open the folder alias even with it in the user's login items. This was never a problem in Mountain Lion. The alias' worked even if it hadn't logged in yet. It would just do it. I wonder if it has to do with the switch over to SMB as default instead of AFP.

     

    The problem with this solution (if it really is a solution) is that many computers are portable and log into different networks that are not the same and it won't work if the share is not available to the network, and then remove from the sidebar. Unfortunately they don't return when on the network where the share is located. Again, this wasn't an issue in Mountain Lion OS of Apple.

     

    Hopefully this will be resolved as more and more of us become mobile between more networks.

  • by StevenPalm,

    StevenPalm StevenPalm Nov 11, 2015 6:45 PM in response to Keith Gardner1
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    Nov 11, 2015 6:45 PM in response to Keith Gardner1

    If you read through the thread, it happens not only to server volume shares but even to folders on local USB drives, and in my case the USB drive never is physically disconnected. Very frustrating.

  • by CK Dexter Haven,

    CK Dexter Haven CK Dexter Haven Nov 13, 2015 12:51 PM in response to StevenPalm
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    Nov 13, 2015 12:51 PM in response to StevenPalm

    Yes, for me, too. ALL of my sidebar favorite folders disappeared at once. Restarting the finder did nothing. And, now i'm afraid that since i tried to 'test' the problem by dragging a folder into the column—to see if i could—i've ruined my chance of getting them all back with a restart....

     

    Too many finder-related bugs for me, in El Capitan and previously in Yosemite. Windows would just stop working. Windows automatically resize themselves. All of a sudden, i won't be able to move a file....

  • by CK Dexter Haven,

    CK Dexter Haven CK Dexter Haven Nov 13, 2015 2:13 PM in response to CK Dexter Haven
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    Nov 13, 2015 2:13 PM in response to CK Dexter Haven

    Oh, and.... It seems like the stuff that was in those folders is no longer searchable. It's like the contents/data have just disappeared.

  • by gooberk,

    gooberk gooberk Nov 19, 2015 11:54 AM in response to Woop
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    Nov 19, 2015 11:54 AM in response to Woop

    the sidebar bug is very frustrating. i have found a workaround. it's messy but seems to work.

     

    - make a folder on your local hard drive. i called mine "network shares" or something.

    - place aliases of the network folders you want to to use in this folder.

    - drag the aliases to the favorites in your sidebar

     

    the idea is that the favorites will keep the 'file' in there but the file is actually an alias. just don't trash your network shares folder.

     

    yes, it is a clumsy workaround, but i hope it helps.

  • by ddj82,

    ddj82 ddj82 Nov 20, 2015 7:25 AM in response to Jon Levinson
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    Nov 20, 2015 7:25 AM in response to Jon Levinson

    I'm on El Crapitan. I've been an Apple "fanboy" for a long time, but I am honestly ready to jump ship. What are they doing? Apple used to be so reliable, easy to use, and FUN to use. Now it seems like non stop bugs and stupid changes just for the sake of changing something.

     

    I have this issue with the sideabar among other things. Server keeps dropping, spotlight doesn't work, searching within finder windows doesn't work.

     

    They are really losing their way.

  • by STB100,

    STB100 STB100 Nov 21, 2015 3:38 AM in response to macjack
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    Nov 21, 2015 3:38 AM in response to macjack

    You've just saved me a load of hassle.  That has been driving me mad for weeks.

  • by Keith Gardner1,

    Keith Gardner1 Keith Gardner1 Nov 23, 2015 9:50 AM in response to ArtherDaily
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    Nov 23, 2015 9:50 AM in response to ArtherDaily

    Right, and inherent in what you are saying is this: if you make sure you connect to the server upon login, the theory is that you won't have a problem with disappearing folders. I've added my external server to my Login Items list, and we shall see!

  • by hirschferkel,

    hirschferkel hirschferkel Nov 23, 2015 10:22 AM in response to Keith Gardner1
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    Nov 23, 2015 10:22 AM in response to Keith Gardner1

    Actually using the start up items may only work if you are connected to one NAS. If you are connected to different NAS this will not work either.

    So the clue is, you have to be connected to the volumes BEFORE Finder starts. To ensure this i wrote a small skript which you can change to your efforts and store as a program in applications folder. After you eddited it in Apples Script Editor, run this generated program on startup in the startup items list (maybe at the very beginning) and all links should work fine.

    All you have to do is to replace your volume pathes with the ones in the script.

     

    First part will close Finder to ensure no links get lost when connecting to the different volumes

    If some volumes should not be disconnected use exceptionsList

     

    tell application "Finder" to close every window #Close Finder to not loose links

    set exceptionsList to {""} #Volumes which should not get disconnected, write as following {"VolumeX","VolumeY",...}

    tell application "Finder"

        set diskList to the disks

        repeat with mountedDisk in diskList #Make sure all Volumes are disconnected

            if name of mountedDisk is not in exceptionsList then

                eject mountedDisk

            end if

        end repeat

    end tell

     

    set netStatus to (do shell script ("ping -c1 192.168.yyy.xxx > /dev/null; echo $?")) #check online status of Volume1 (IP)

    set netStatus2 to (do shell script ("ping -c1 192.168.yyy.xxx > /dev/null; echo $?")) #check online status of Volume2 (IP) and so on...

    set Volumes1 to {"Mountpoint1", "Mountpoint2"} #Mount these MountPoints of the volumes, write as following {"MountpointNameX","MountpointNameY",...} and replace names with your Mountpoints

    set Volumes2 to {Mountpoint1", "Mountpoint2"}

    if netStatus is "0" and netStatus is netStatus2 then

        repeat with vol in Volumes1

            mount volume "smb://Volume1/" & vol #set root Volume1 e.g. smb://volume1.local and mount all Mountpoints of Volume1

        end repeat

        repeat with vol in Volumes2

             mount volume "afp://Volume2/" & vol #set root Volume2 and mount all Mountpoints of Volume2

        end repeat

        set Volumes_folder to POSIX file "/Volumes/"

        tell application "Finder"

            (open folder "Desktop" of home) # or use this folder, if you want to see all mounted Volumes but insert line without brakets: open Volumes_folder

        end tell

    else #dialogue if something went wrong

        display dialog "Sorry Volumes could not be activated" & return & return & ¬

            "NAS seems not to be running" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1 giving up after 10 ¬

            with icon caution

    end if

     

    Hope i wrote no error in these lines.

  • by J Curle,

    J Curle J Curle Nov 25, 2015 7:09 AM in response to brycesteiner
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    Nov 25, 2015 7:09 AM in response to brycesteiner

    LOL, I tried submitting a bug report at this link, and even the bug reporting link seems to not be working. I kept entering my login info (correctly; I double checked using the app store login process) and it kept kicking me back to the login screen.

     

    Apple has issues, man...

  • by polarbreeze1,

    polarbreeze1 polarbreeze1 Dec 10, 2015 7:00 PM in response to Jon Levinson
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    Mac OS X
    Dec 10, 2015 7:00 PM in response to Jon Levinson

    I know this is an old thread but I have just started having the same issue with El Capitan. My sidebar has only the top level entries - the favourites are not listed, nor are the built-in basics like Music etc. I can get them all back by restarting but then later they disappear randomly again. I've followed the tips listed here but none of them solve it - only restarting. Anyone have any ideas?

  • by gfisch,

    gfisch gfisch Jan 4, 2016 9:54 PM in response to Erick Mikiten
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    Jan 4, 2016 9:54 PM in response to Erick Mikiten

    Hey - that is a cool tip. Actually I am using Default Folder for many years but always ignored the icon in the menu bar. Now not any more. This is even better than opening a finder window to click on a sidebar folder, just to open a favorite folder.

     

    I just suggested to the programmer of DF that we would like a modifier key that would display the favorites right away. This would be even faster and avoid hoovering around first.

  • by Robin Phillips1,

    Robin Phillips1 Robin Phillips1 Jan 7, 2016 8:40 AM in response to polarbreeze1
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    Jan 7, 2016 8:40 AM in response to polarbreeze1

    I cannot believe that this bug has existed for so long. I've only just started using my mac for work and it is infuriating. Please apple, fix this. I would rather the icons appear greyed out or with a question mark (like the dock) than to disappear.

  • by Adel25,

    Adel25 Adel25 Jan 21, 2016 9:18 AM in response to Robin Phillips1
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    Desktops
    Jan 21, 2016 9:18 AM in response to Robin Phillips1

    Oh man moving from windows was not really the right choice with constant small issues that can not be resolved easily as it seems.

    I have qnap NAS in my network and always those shared SMB/AFP folders dissappears .. I kinda understand when the NAS is rebooted or disconnected but not whenever my iMAC go to sleep mode ... plus I need to re-enter passwords every other day ...

  • by elissainca,

    elissainca elissainca Jan 21, 2016 12:10 PM in response to NellieNetExtreme
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    Jan 21, 2016 12:10 PM in response to NellieNetExtreme

    Thank you!! That was it.

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