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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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Posted on Feb 22, 2017 9:18 AM

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Feb 22, 2017 7:21 AM in response to Jon Levinson

I'm adding my 2 cents as well.

I thought the problem had to do with losing a network connection but recently I've found that some of the favorite folders from a network drive are staying while others from the same network drive are deleted. The last couple of days this has happened way too frequently.

COMMON APPLE - IT'S A PAIN WHEN IT SHOULD BE MAKING COMPUTING EASIER.

Mar 29, 2017 3:52 PM in response to Richard Sohanchyk1

Might be a corrupt .plist file. Have you tried:


From the Finder Go Menu (holding down option) select Library and locate this file:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Delete it then restart (you'll have to re-add your favorites)


Might be worth doing a back up before you try this.


Worked for me (well, two weeks on and my favourites are still there!).

May 23, 2017 11:20 AM in response to pabloninos

When I hold down the option key, Library does not appear in the Finder Go Menu list.


When I found the file by looking in my preferences folder and deleted it, I restarted and the behavior is still the same.


When I drag a sharepoint into Favorites it just makes a blank folder with a question mark.


Everything was fine until an update a couple of weeks ago.


Does anybody test this stuff before they issue updates?

why folders disappear from finder sidebar in mavericks?

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