Finder - Photo folder missing from list

Same here, since installing El Capitan OS10.11.1 at the weekend, and finding that it's REEEEEEEALLY SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW to do pretty much anything, I can no longer access the thousands of photos that I have stored in correctly named and dated folders in Finder. OK I thought, I'll try this new Photos thing, click Import and it doesn't let me access the folders in Finder...

Come on Apple, you're making obscene amounts of money out of us, you really should do better. Hopefully someone will come up with an answer. Personally I'm not bothered by the fancy Photos thing, was quite happy with how things worked previously. New isn't always better, sometimes it's ****, like this is

Go to Finder Preferences. Click on Sidebar. You will see a list of items that can be displayed in the Finder Sidebar. "Pictures" is on the list under "Favorites." Check it and then it will appear in your Finder window sidebar.

Hi, I upgraded this weekend too and noticed the 'Pictures' folder had disappeared. My troubleshoot for this was to search in Finder for a folder name I knew was in Pictures. When highlighting the folder in the Finder list, at the bottom of the dialog box you can see the directory chain of folders. I was able to drag and drop the 'Pictures' folder from here back into the main left hand Finders directory.... Hope this makes sense. (I'm no Mac or computer wizard;-)

This is how you get back all the pictures-movies-music folders back on the sidebar in finder. You don't need to drag the pictures folder to the sidebar or anything. It's literally just changing the preferences (in the finder menu bar) and clicking which folders you want in the sidebar. Easy as pie.

Read these instructions:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/214621/missing-folders-after-os-x-el-ca pitan-upgrade

I've got the exact same problem since upgrading my MacBook Air from Lion V10.7.5 to El Capitan 10.11.1 a couple of weeks ago.

The images still show up under 'All My Files' but the folders in Finder are no longer there.

Anyone found a solution to this one yet?

Thanks

Hi lvbrownie!

I'm no Mac or computer wizard either. Your solution worked for me!

In Finder, I clicked on Device 'Macintosh HD' went to folder 'Users'. From there I clicked on 'my username' and found my 'Pictures' folder.

Like you said, drag and drop brought it back to the directory where I can now access all my pictures and images again. Yay!

Thanks for taking the time to share,

🙂

This is how you get back all the pictures-movies-music folders back on the sidebar in finder. You don't need to drag the pictures folder to the sidebar or anything. It's literally just changing the preferences (in the finder menu bar) and clicking which folders you want in the sidebar.

Read these instructions:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/214621/missing-folders-after-os-x-el-ca pitan-upgrade

I am having the same problem

Oops, double-posted somehow...