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Mac Forum / General / General / July 2008Finder sidebar problem
Somehow, I managed to open up a sidebar folder in such a way that all its contents (some hundreds of files) got dumped in the sidebar as well. I don't seem to be able to get rid of these except by a tedious process of dragging each of them individually off the bar -- i.e., no mousing over a group of them and moving them off at once. No hint of any other method is given in the Help files. Any suggestions? Are there sidebar maintenance functions in the AppleScript dictionary for the Finder? (my quick scan of these didn't turn up anything that looked promising). At worst, is there a way to reset to "factory" initializations (other than a reinstall of the system...)? In article <mlsiemon-71D8F4.14063623072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, > Somehow, I managed to open up a sidebar folder in such a way that all > its contents (some hundreds of files) got dumped in the sidebar as well. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > At worst, is there a way to reset to "factory" initializations (other > than a reinstall of the system...)? ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist is where everything is. There's a "useritems" property that has the stuff you want to lose in it.  SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > In article > <mlsiemon-71D8F4.14063623072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > is. There's a "useritems" property that has the stuff you want to lose > in it. Thanks! > In article > <mlsiemon-71D8F4.14063623072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > is. There's a "useritems" property that has the stuff you want to lose > in it. Aack! I found the plist items (some 1800+ of them), and the Property List Editor does not seem to allow me to select more than one of them at a time for deletion (there's a Select All item in the Edit menu that does not seem to do anything, and shift/ctrl/etc. clicking also does nothing). This is barely better than dragging them off the sidebar one by one. And after toying with cutting about 100 of them, saving the plist and exiting the editor & relaunching the Finder, the supposedly deleted items are still on the sidebar -- do I have to reboot? Any further suggestions? In article <mlsiemon-33609B.14560123072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, ... > Aack! I found the plist items (some 1800+ of them), and the Property > List Editor does not seem to allow me to select more than one of them at > a time for deletion (there's a Select All item in the Edit menu that > does not seem to do anything, and shift/ctrl/etc. clicking also does ... <yadda, yadda>... Never mind. D'oh moment -- I just needed to dig up a backup copy of the plist to replace the messed up one. (and yes, the reboot seems to be necessary). > In article > <mlsiemon-33609B.14560123072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > plist to replace the messed up one. (and yes, the reboot seems to be > necessary). Logging out and in again or relaunching the Finder (Control-Option-Click on the Dock icon and click "Relaunch") should've been enough... Jochem Signature"A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery > > In article > > <mlsiemon-33609B.14560123072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jochem I _thought_ a relaunch would suffice; tried that without success. > > > Never mind. D'oh moment -- I just needed to dig up a backup copy of the > > > plist to replace the messed up one. (and yes, the reboot seems to be [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I _thought_ a relaunch would suffice; tried that without success. Probably because the sidebar is shared between Finder and standard file dialog boxes. This means it is implemented by a lower level system component than Finder, such as WindowServer or loginwindow. Logging out and in again would have been sufficient, since it was a user-specific preference file that you replaced. SignatureDavid Empson dempson@actrix.gen.nz In article <mlsiemon-461DF1.15052723072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, > In article > <mlsiemon-33609B.14560123072008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > plist to replace the messed up one. (and yes, the reboot seems to be > necessary). For future reference, you can also edit binary plist files with TextWrangler or BBEdit. They display it as XML text, which isn't difficult to understand, and you can edit it like any other text document. <http://www.barebones.com/> |
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