Why do my sidebar documents have the same name on macOS Sequoia?

Sparkgapper wrote:

The dock USED TO BE considered the SIDE BAR and at 83 I am somewhat used to tha designation.

No, the dock has always been the dock. There was never anything else prior to the Dock. The dock didn’t even default to being on the side of the screen. At best it could’ve been referred to as the bottom bar, but it wasn’t.

There was nothing called a sidebar until the actual sidebar appeared in the Finder window.

There are several discussions about that problem and I thought it was fixed with 15.5. (There isn’t a 16.4—maybe in a year)

Sparkgapper wrote:

The only thing I am concerned with this post is when I open up my machine EVERY MORNING, those sidebar docs all HAVE THE SAME NAME and the only way I know to change back to normal is to open every one of them, then minimize them again using the double click method, my choice of minimizing.

You may want to try updating to 15.5, which came out a day or two ago.

Sparkgapper wrote:

this '21 model has been updated whenever there has been an update put out by Apple and I was reading the "About this Mac" in the Apple Menu.

I usually use the double-click method of minimizing which it waht I started with way back when it was added to the OS and presently the only one I use.

I use the "Window" menu to see what is open in the top app which 90% of the time is Pages and the other 10% is numbers so no need to check them MOST OF THE TIME.

There is also the minimize location at the bottom of the sidebar for Pages that shows all open docs and is my pick of choice when changing to another doc.

The only thing I am concerned with this post is when I open up my machine EVERY MORNING, those sidebar docs all HAVE THE SAME NAME and the only way I know to change back to normal is to open every one of them, then minimize them again using the double click method, my choice of minimizing.

This only started recently which I suspect was from an OS UPDATE .

WGB

if it is not working as in the past—

you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here:  Product Feedback - Apple

The current stable release of Sequoia  including bug fixes,  security updates  is macOS 15.4.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

if you are using a magic trackpad for iMac

An often over looked option is the "Exposé" feature....

Sparkgapper wrote:

The last few days I have noticed every morning when I boot my Sequoia 16.4 machine that all the docs that I minimized into the sidebar all have the same name. It take opening each one then minimizing them again for them to show they name/title which I have found was easiest to just open all of them then minimize them one at a time works. Since this is my primary working machine, I frequently leave several docs minimized when I shut it down at night so, withj failing memory, I do not have to look them up each time I bring the machine up each morning.

That leaves, is there something that this is connected by may cause problems somewhere down the road?

WGB

The current stable release of Sequoia including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 15.4.1 — I would start there

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Control Click in Finder side bar —>Remove from sidebar.

I never ever use the minimize button. There are many alternatives...

Command H (Command Tab to see open applications 'Heads Up Display')

Save and quit

Full screen

View open windows and spaces in Mission Control on Mac

The “magic trackpad” is the external trackpad that Apple makes. It can be used as an alternative to a mouse and is similar to the trackpads built into all Apple laptops. You can order it separately and you can also order with an iMac, for example, instead of or in addition to the “magic mouse”.

Sparkgapper wrote:

Updated to 18.5 (20621.2.5.11.8) the day after it came out.

The current version of macOS is 15.5. It could be just a typo, but also the numbers in parentheses do not resemble anything I see in either 15.5 on the Mac,

or in 18.5 on the iPhone.

They both have version strings that are shorter and include at least one letter, and not periods.

Sparkgapper wrote:

and was still that way at 8am this morning

Sorry to see that the problem has not been resolved.

I am thinking that the problem is related to how the content on your mac syncs with iCloud.

Alas, I have no suggestions. I hope it gets fixed, probably by Apple (if it is a syncing issue with iCloud, as I think it is, only Apple can fix it).

"Minimized to the Sidebar" does not make any sense. Do you mean the Dock? Please clarify.