Dohhh! ... It was the arrow... (creeps away in shame). David / Apr 26
===== On 25 April 2011 16:35, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hmmm David, > > Normally deleting the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist and restarting your Mac > corrects the problem. > > Have you tried deleting both your User Finder preferences and User Sidebar > preferences > com.apple.finder.plist and > com.apple.sidebarlists.plist > > Empty the Trash > Restart you Mac > > Also have you repaired permissions lately. Wouldn’t hurt to do it anyway. > > Remember to drag and drop, not onto an icon, but into a > space between icons. > > Silly question … but you do have the arrow next to ‘PLACES’ open? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 25/04/2011, at 3:07 PM, David Noel wrote: > > -- Thanks for the suggestion, Ronni, I did it all, but problem still there. > > -- I tried dragging a folder over into Places, it didn't go in, as before. > The system had made a new 'com.apple.sidebarlists.plist' file, this did show > that the folder had been tried. > > -- I tried opening a file in Appleworks and doing a Save As, this did offer > the dragged-in folder under 'Places', but it didn't show under the Finder > sidebar still. > > -- Can you think of anything else to try? I can send you > the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file if that would help. Anyway, thanks > very much for the suggestions. > > Cheers -- > > David / Apr 25 > > === > > On 25 April 2011 12:33, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 25/04/2011, at 12:01 PM, David Noel wrote: >> >> > -- Hi, can anyone point me to the answer to the following problem, which >> has me baffled? >> > >> > -- In the 'Places' section of the Finder sidebar, I had maybe 15 items, >> suddenly they have all disappeared. Under 'Finder Preferences' in 'Places' I >> have 4 items ticked (Desktop, Applications, etc), but they don't show up on >> the sidebar. If I try to drag a folder into places, it briefly shows a blue >> line, but the folder doesn't insert. Under the Finder top menu, File, 'Add >> to Sidebar' is greyed out. So I'm stuck. >> > >> > -- I'm running 10.6.7 with a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. >> >> Hi David, >> >> Drag this preference file to the Trash. >> Restart your Mac >> >> /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist >> >> Then set your Finder Preferences. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
