Selected Sidebar Menu Items don't show up in Finder

After selecting the Finder Settings and putting check marks to present all the items under Favorites, many of the selected items like Movies, Music, Downloads still do not show in the Finder Sidebar.

The iMAC OS is Ventura 13.7.8.

Suggestions?


iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Sep 19, 2025 10:32 AM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2025 11:18 AM

Does the issue also occur when using another account (session/user) on the Mac?


I’m thinking that your Finder preferences settings file might be corrupted. Delete the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist (the “~” is important) and restart the Mac. Note that you’ll have to configure your Finder preferences again.

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Sep 19, 2025 11:18 AM in response to Dave519

Does the issue also occur when using another account (session/user) on the Mac?


I’m thinking that your Finder preferences settings file might be corrupted. Delete the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist (the “~” is important) and restart the Mac. Note that you’ll have to configure your Finder preferences again.

Selected Sidebar Menu Items don't show up in Finder

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