If clicking Finder sidebar items doesn't properly show their contents, then you may need to clear some settings files. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

I'd like to make network volume appear in the Finder sidebar under "places" so I can have one-click access. For some reason, this does not seem to be possible---it seems like you have to click on ...

Occasionally users will mount shared file servers to download files remotely (often from online sources). These servers show up in Finder's sidebar under the "Shared" section. An occasional bug will ...

OS X’s Finder is your window onto the documents, spreadsheets, photos, and other files you’ve tucked away on your Mac and other connected computers and drives. One often overlooked Finder tool is the ...

Just like File Explorer on Windows, Finder on macOS is your go-to spot for files, folders, and apps. To make it easier to find what you need, the Finder sidebar is the handiest of tools. You can ...

Finder is fundamental to the macOS experience. It’s how you get around, so it should be as efficient as possible. Here’s how to make Finder work for you by tweaking a few settings. The Finder sidebar ...

Apple changed many things on the Finder sidebar with the release of Mac OS X Lion. Probably one of the better changes was how Apple locked down the sidebar. It is now harder to accidentally remove an ...

This is really annoying... when you mount a SMB share, Finder shows the remote computer in Sidebar, but not the mounted volume. It shows volume on the Desktop however but it doesn't show it in Sidebar ...

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Smart folders are a highly useful feature in the Finder to provide live search results based on simple to extremely complex criteria. For example, if you want to keep tabs on large files on your ...