The finder path and status bar keeps turning themselves off

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The finder path and status bar keeps turning themselves off

Up until yesterday, the finder status and path bar were always on when I opened a new finder window. Yesterday at one point something happened where both are not on any new finder windows. So I go to view and turn them both on for a new window... If I put my computer to sleep and then come back—any open finder window I had turned them on for has them off again. This is really inconvenient since both give me useful information as I work throughout the day. I've tried restarting and googling, but haven't really come across any helpful information on this aside from here's how to turn them on...

Anyone else have an issue like this? Any luck fixing it?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 24, 2023 5:20 AM

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Answer 1

LASHubbs Author

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Mar 27, 2023 11:36 AM in response to dialabrain

Ok, so I just had a chance to do this and it unfortunately did not resolve my issue. No I'm noticing that if I navigate to another folder location in the same finder window, the status and path bar just disappear. I basically have to keep turning them on when I need them now.

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LASHubbs Author

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Mar 24, 2023 6:09 AM in response to LASHubbs

Ok, update on this—I just realized that the status and path bar seem to disappear sooner than when I just sleep it. I'm not sure when I just happened, but right now they are gone again. Wondering if it has something to do with spaces?

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dialabrain

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Mar 27, 2023 12:39 PM in response to LASHubbs

Try this…

While in Finder, press command shift g, copy then paste the following line into the dialog window that opens and press Return.

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

Move the file to the Trash but do not empty it.

Set the Path Bar and Status Bar to show and test.

If it works then you can empty the Trash.

If not, open the Trash, right click on the .plist and chose Put Back.

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LASHubbs Author

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Mar 30, 2023 7:04 AM in response to dialabrain

I just had time to update and unfortunately that didn't resolve my issue either. Thanks for the help. Maybe I'll get lucky and something will change and it will start working again. Reinstalling the OS isn't really an option at this point.

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dialabrain

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Mar 24, 2023 5:23 AM in response to LASHubbs

Try booting into Safe Mode then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 6

LASHubbs Author

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Mar 27, 2023 1:00 PM in response to dialabrain

Sadly that didn't help either. I tried it just now. This is the weirdest problem. I appreciate your help so far. I'll take any other suggestions you might have!

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