Finder not as it used to be

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Finder not as it used to be

Hello. I have been having issues with my Finder since November 2024, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what has happened or how to fix it. This is what my finder looks like when I go to open it. basically I have to manually choose Macintosh HD, for it to them open the next line ofchoices, and then I have to press "brukere" Which is "Users", then I have to choose my user which I have blacked out for privacy reasons, and then I can finally choose to open my documents or pictures. But they still pop up in this manner of a list, I don't have to option to view it like I did before.

Please help me!!

I have tried to restart/reboot the Finder app, and my computer is up to date with new system versions, also tried to restart the computer. NOTHING works. Help...

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Apr 3, 2025 5:45 AM

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Michelle_Sri Author

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Apr 3, 2025 7:05 AM in response to Michelle_Sri

I finally figured it out. My sidebar was missing. If anyone is having this issue go into finder and press Command + Option + S. It will pop back up!

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Apr 3, 2025 8:27 AM in response to Michelle_Sri

Your screenshot shows a window without a Sidebar.

If you do View->Show Sidebar, then you will be able to just click on any of your favorite locations there.

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dialabrain

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Apr 3, 2025 5:50 AM in response to Michelle_Sri

Open Finder > Settings > Sidebar and check what you want to see.

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dialabrain

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Apr 3, 2025 6:45 AM in response to Michelle_Sri

FWIW, other than the missing folders in the Sidebar your first screen shot looked normal when in Column view. So, not sure what you expect to see. Perhaps you just need to click on one of the view icons…

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Michelle_Sri Author

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Apr 3, 2025 6:57 AM in response to dialabrain

Thank you again. I have tried this as well. What I am looking for it to look like is this picture here which I found here on apples own website. this is how it used to look and what I am wanting it to look like again. This thing I have now is far to difficult to work with and not how I am used to having my Mac for the past 10 years of owning some.

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