amirsadegh Author

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Finder stopped functioning normally 😑

Just randomly my finder changed its form into one of those finders when you connect NTFS hard drives. And opens each folder in a new window, sidebar is gone and it's unusable this way.

When I hold on the finder icon, drag up and open a specific folder like downloads, it works fine. But when I click on the finder icon on the dock, it opens up in this messed up form. I attached a picture of it.

I restarted my laptop and forced stopped finder and they didn't work.

I'm using M1 MacBook Pro on macOS Monterey 12.4

Posted on Jun 29, 2022 4:14 AM

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Jun 29, 2022 4:23 AM in response to amirsadegh

Hi, when you're on the finder window, go to "View" on the top bar.

There you should find the "show toolbar" option.

Hopefully this helps!

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amirsadegh Author

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Jun 29, 2022 4:26 AM in response to dialabrain

It's greyed out... Can't click on it.

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Jun 29, 2022 4:22 AM in response to amirsadegh

Have you tried "Show Sidebar" from the Finder "View" menu?

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amirsadegh Author

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Jun 29, 2022 4:27 AM in response to armigu

That worked! Thank you so much 😇

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Jun 29, 2022 4:28 AM in response to armigu

+1

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Jun 29, 2022 4:30 AM in response to amirsadegh

amirsadegh wrote:

It's greyed out... Can't click on it.

Yep. I missed the fact your Toolbar was missing also.

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