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All My Files literally disappeared from Finder

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coldjeanzzz

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Nov 4, 2012
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I have no idea how this happened. I wasn't fooling around with anything, I just opened up Finder and now it's not showing in the favorites tab on the left. When I go to "Go" in the menu bar "All My Files" is also greyed out. I checked in preferences and it's still checked to show upon opening Finder and it's still checked to show in the Favorites section :confused:

This Mavericks update is turning out to be quite the drag...
 
djtech42

djtech42

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Jun 23, 2012
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coldjeanzzz said:
I have no idea how this happened. I wasn't fooling around with anything, I just opened up Finder and now it's not showing in the favorites tab on the left. When I go to "Go" in the menu bar "All My Files" is also greyed out. I checked in preferences and it's still checked to show upon opening Finder and it's still checked to show in the Favorites section :confused:

This Mavericks update is turning out to be quite the drag...
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What happens if you uncheck it and check it again? Strange bug.
 
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coldjeanzzz

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Nov 4, 2012
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I logged out and checked to see if the Guest account was affected, it was working fine there. I logged back into my account and it was now showing up in Finder, however it was still missing from the side panel. I went into preferences and it was unchecked somehow, I checked it back and now everything is working but yeah this is definitely a bug.

It's hard to believe this is the GM release, I'm already uncovering so many things wrong
 
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et477

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Jul 10, 2014
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coldjeanzzz said:
I have no idea how this happened. I wasn't fooling around with anything, I just opened up Finder and now it's not showing in the favorites tab on the left. When I go to "Go" in the menu bar "All My Files" is also greyed out. I checked in preferences and it's still checked to show upon opening Finder and it's still checked to show in the Favorites section :confused:

This Mavericks update is turning out to be quite the drag...
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i have the same question too! check out my thread to see my problem.
 
m4v3r1ck

m4v3r1ck

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Nov 2, 2011
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Did you (perhaps) exclude your HD/SD in the privacy settings in Spotlite Preferences?
 

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tranthao2009

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Jan 25, 2015
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You may click HIDE button on the right of FAVOURITE?

In my case, I wrongly clicked the Hide button on the right hand side of FAVOURITE. This function does not show up until you drag the mouse on that position. That's why I could not figure out for a while why all my favourite folders disappear in one day. Now it showed up when I drag the mouse on the Show button.
Not sure is that your case?
 
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et477

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Jul 10, 2014
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Sup. I managed to solve this problem by taking out my files from time machine. Lucky guess for the hide thing too, eh?
 
Wyn Vogel

Wyn Vogel

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Jul 20, 2015
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Thx for the information Guys - I have had this problem this morning and panicked!!

Apple why make something so difficult to find - hiding this button until you cursor over is crazy!!!

Cheers - much appreciate the Forum!!
 
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