The Finder sidebar is a convenient location to access frequently used items such as hard drives, various folders in your home directory, network shares, and any custom items you drag there. If you use the sidebar for accessing hard disks, then there may be times when certain hard disks do not show up here, while others do.
The likely reason for this occurring is if you have removed that specific hard drive from the sidebar. This happens when you select and drag items off of your sidebar manually. While this may be desired in some cases, but could also have you assume hard drives are properly unmounted, and have you unplug them when they are not ready. If you end up with a drive that does not show in the sidebar while others do, then you have two remedies:. You can always open a Finder window and press Shift-Command-C to go to the top level of your computer, where you will see mounted network shares and hard drives.
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You can then locate the one that is missing from the sidebar and drag it back. Click this until there is a check visible, which will have all drives show up properly. Check the sidebar settings box until it appears as a check instead of a dash. The drives not showing in the sidebar is not a power or hardware issue.
Resetting the PRAM has its uses but is not called for in this situation. Thank you! I was obviously somewhere else mentally and dragged the external drive off the sidebar thinking it would open it in a new window. Have a fix? Post them below or e-mail us! Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic.
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Right click to remove sidebar items doesn't seem to work if the original folder no longer exists. May 9, PM.
Jun 2, PM in response to mi56 In response to mi Had the same issue with a folder that got stuck in my sidebar, with no right-click option displaying. I tried removing preference files, etc. Jun 2, PM.
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Thank you have been trying for ages to get rid of this file from the sidebar. This was so simple and it worked ;-.
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Jun 10, PM. Same frustration for me. The Command works great for existing folders, but not for ones where the link is broken.
But I think I just stumbled on the solution. Without pressing any key, drag the broken-link folder out of the sidebar. THEN press the Command key, and you'll see the little cloud appear. The link will disappear. I just cleared out six old folders which I couldn't get rid of, even going to the plist in the Library.
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Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: Daniel Hanke Daniel Hanke. Question: Q: Question: Q: Can't delete Finder sidebar folder Hi, i currently wonder how to delete a specific item from the sidebar. The Problem is: the folder does not exists on the FileSystem anymore, therefore i cannot click it. I can drag it around, reorder the sidebar, but i cannot move it out of the finder window. Thanks in advance!
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