Add Your Own Folders to the Finder Sidebar in Mac OS X
May 5, 2011 - 14 Comments
You can add any of your own folders to the Finder window sidebar in Mac OS X just by selecting a folder and hitting Command+T or if you can just drag a folder into the “Places” section of the sidebar.
This is especially useful for accessing frequently accessed folders and projects that you don’t want clogging up your Dock or cluttering the desktop. When you want to remove the folder from the sidebar, just hold down the Command key and drag them out.
This trick came via a comment on yesterdays post about customizing the Finder window toolbar, thanks to Bikorchi for the tip.
lol, to shutdown your mac, press power :p
whow
Are you people serious??? Just don’t tell me in order to use my mac I should plug it in the wall outlet first. And hook up a monitor.
This site should go beyond such ultra basic stuff.
Doctor K,
We have a diverse readership and try to cover a wide variety of tips at various skill levels to accomodate everyone.
You are always welcome to submit ideas, tricks, tips, and feedback to our group address at osxdailycom@gmail.com
Regardless, thanks for the feedback and for reading!
- Will
oops. touchy subject
my apologies to editorial stuff and readers
LOL, no apology needed, but thank you for understanding.
- Will
Contrary to the others, I like these usability tips. Keep it up.
A lot of tricks can seem useless to “old” Mac users.
But they surely are very useful to “young” Mac users and to switchers.
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This is awesome news but.. How do I remove/erase the stuff I place there?…
Hold down the Command key, click on an item, and drag it out of the sidebar
Holy Cow! I needed that!
A few months ago, I found a way to add the alias of a network share to the Finder sidebar. Since then, I had removed the share from the network, but the link I had added to the sidebar remained. Unlike the other items on the list, where an Option+click gave multiple options (including remove), this single icon and label would not be removed.
But success! Holding the Command key and dragging it off the sidebar did the trick! Thanks for the tip from a comment!
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Question, MacBook Air and home PC/Win7 – shared folder on Win7 ‘Photos’… can see it from Mac – Can’t add folder… can add any of the sub-folders easily to the sidebar – just not the top-level one that seems to be the share.. Any ideas?