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Q: Problem with Finder default folder

When I open finder from the dock it always opens in Drive/users/username/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music. I have set in finder preference the default new folder to my documents which work it I open a new Finder Windows but not when I use the Finder Icon in the Dock. I am now on OSX El Capitan but I had this problem on Maverick too. Any way to put it back to Documents?Finder.jpg

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), Finder default folder

Posted on Dec 2, 2015 8:17 PM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Dec 3, 2015 8:40 AM in response to RejeanPion
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    Dec 3, 2015 8:40 AM in response to RejeanPion

    Might be a corrupt .plist.

     

    Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

     

    Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.

     

    Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

     

    If the same, return the .plist to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer one.

     

    Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.