Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar
	Monday, January 23 2012 By: chrisb Manage your Finder shortcuts Remove an item from the Finder sidebar Click to see a larger image The Finder sidebar is the light blue panel at the left of every Finder window. The sidebar is a list of shortcuts to different places on your hard drive. The FAVORITES section (called PLACES in Snow Leopard) has some common locations in your User folder. You can add shortcuts to the FAVORITES/PLACES section and removed ones you don't need. Adding items to the FAVORITES/PLACES section of the Finder window is easy. All you need to do is drag any folder to the FAVORITES/PLACES section. There is a slight trick to adding and item. When you drag to the FAVORITES/PLACES section, if you hover directly over an item already in the section, the item will be selected with a blue border. If you let go of the mouse when you are hovering over an item, your folder will be moved INTO that location. What you need to do is hover BETWEEN two items. When you see a blue line with a small circle on the left, let go of the mouse. You can rearrange your favorites in the FAVORITES/PLACES section by dragging them up or down the list. Removing an item from the FAVORITES/PLACES section is easy but not intuitive. You are probably used to just dragging items off of the Dock and seeing the poof of smoke. To remove items from the Finder sidebar (any item, not just the ones in the FAVORITES/PLACES section) hold down the Command key and then drag an item off the sidebar. You can also right-click on an item and choose "Remove from Sidebar." If you have dragged a standard item (i.e., not a custom folder you have added) off of the side bar, there is a quick way to get them back. Go to Finder preferences and the Sidebar view. You can check or uncheck the standard items to add or remove them from the sidebar. Related Items: Finder | Favorites Donate $1

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	Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar | 3 comments | The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say. Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, January 23 2012 Chris, I believe that in the final paragraph of today’s tip, you meant to say “Go to FINDER preferences” to find the Sidebar view, and not “go to Safari preferences.” After some puzzled searching, I found the place you meant because your illustration shows it. I thought others might want to know this. Reply to This Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar Authored by: chrisb on Monday, January 23 2012 Yuppers, you are correct. I've changed the text. Thanks for the heads up!! Reply to This Adding and Removing Items from the Finder Sidebar Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 25 2012 OMG! I've been hunting down the solution of removing an item for months. Guess I didn't hunt that well. Last year I put a folder there I needed daily, and this year, I needed it gone and have not been able to figure out how to remove it! Thanks so much! PJ Reply to This