Removing item from the "Places" section of sidebar... its STUCK!

Sir Pancakes · Aug 12, 2008, 11:58 PM

I like to place folders in the sidebar under the "places" section when I use them alot. To get rid of them I just drag them out and they dissapear. But I deleted the folder of one of the items and now I am unable to click or right click on it to get it out of the places menu. It just says it cannot be found and then hangs for 10 seconds or so. Any ideas?

Metuas · Aug 13, 2008, 12:20 AM

You could try removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist and relaunching Finder. I'm not sure if that will affect the sidebar.

Hybridair · Jun 25, 2011, 12:00 PM

In recent 10.6 releases the best way to remove things from the sidebar is to click drag the folder away then push the cmd key before letting go of the mouse.

jkrutch · Jul 8, 2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Hybridair

In recent 10.6 releases the best way to remove things from the sidebar is to click drag the folder away then push the cmd key before letting go of the mouse.

Awesome! Thanks very much for that tip!

chapasaurus · Jan 31, 2012, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hybridair

In recent 10.6 releases the best way to remove things from the sidebar is to click drag the folder away then push the cmd key before letting go of the mouse.

Ah! I've had about 7 things stuck in my Places sidebar for about 4 months now. Finally was able to find this and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot Hybridair.

BodyByStarbucks · Feb 27, 2012, 12:45 AM

Thanks for sharing, HybridAir. It worked!

hoohaa1 · Jul 29, 2012, 08:54 AM

Thank you SO much!

Had a wayward avi link stuck there for ages.

Aug 12, 2008, 11:58 PM	#1
Sir Pancakes macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2007	Removing item from the "Places" section of sidebar... its STUCK! I like to place folders in the sidebar under the "places" section when I use them alot. To get rid of them I just drag them out and they dissapear. But I deleted the folder of one of the items and now I am unable to click or right click on it to get it out of the places menu. It just says it cannot be found and then hangs for 10 seconds or so. Any ideas?
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Aug 13, 2008, 12:20 AM	#2
Metuas macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Under a rock.	You could try removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist and relaunching Finder. I'm not sure if that will affect the sidebar. __________________ Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5; 2.2GHz C2D MacBook Pro; MBA 1.6GHz iPhone 2G 8GB; iPod 5.5G 30GB; iPod touch 8GB
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Jun 25, 2011, 12:00 PM	#3
Hybridair macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	Removing stuck items from sidebar In recent 10.6 releases the best way to remove things from the sidebar is to click drag the folder away then push the cmd key before letting go of the mouse.
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Jul 29, 2012, 08:54 AM	#7
hoohaa1 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2012	Thanks! Thank you SO much! Had a wayward avi link stuck there for ages.
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BodyByStarbucks macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Thanks for sharing, HybridAir. It worked!
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