folders in finder sidebar

After the emergency macOS update to 12.5.1, all the folders that had I dragged to the sidebar in Finder are gone. The only icons that will drag over now are the APFS volumes from APFS containers and hard drives. What happened during this update to cause this?

Mac mini, 12.5

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 7:31 PM

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3 replies

dialabrain

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Aug 29, 2022 7:38 PM in response to William M.

Your Favorites are hidden. Move the cursor to the right of the word Favorites until you see the ">" then click it.

William M. Author

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Aug 29, 2022 7:48 PM in response to dialabrain

Such a simple solution, but it worked. Now I feel stupid.

dialabrain

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Aug 29, 2022 7:49 PM in response to William M.

Don't. It's not obvious.

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