accidentally deleted folder

[mungo918]

hi

I finally make the switch to mac and I do something silly.

I tried to drag and drop the folder (I named mine "mungo" that contains the sub folders >music, documents, downloads, movies etc on the dock. but I missed and it has now vanished with a *poof*

how do I get this back?!

Thanks.

 

[JediMeister]

That's not a folder, that's a shortcut. Go to the Finder menu, select preferences, then to Sidebar. Place a checkmark next to the home folder icon under Places.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Is it missing or just missing off the side bar?

 

[Intell]

I don't think you deleted the folder only the shortcut. I don't know what folder your talking about, but it could be your Home folder. To get the folder back open the Drive on the Desktop go to Users then open your User name. This might be the folder you want. To put it back in the Dock just drag and drop it to make a new shortcut.

 

[mungo918]

ah yes, I see! it was just a shortcut, phew!

thanks for your helpfully quick responses!

 

[forcefieldkid]

ah yes, I see! it was just a shortcut, phew!

thanks for your helpfully quick responses!

Just to point out, don't ever rename that folder, under any circumstances!

 

[Gregg2]

There really ought to be a way to "freeze" the Dock, so that you can't add or subtract anything by drag & drop without "thawing it. Locking the plist file won't do it, and there's no option for that in prefs either.

 

[GGJstudios]

There really ought to be a way to "freeze" the Dock, so that you can't add or subtract anything by drag & drop without "thawing it. Locking the plist file won't do it, and there's no option for that in prefs either.

I haven't tried it, but this may help:
Lock The Dock In Mac OS X
OS X : Lock your DOCK and Stop Accidental Removal of Your Docked ...

 

[Gregg2]

Think this was the second link:
Safari can’t open the page “http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...qrfcRGIX0fndGwCw&sig2=jOqRecW2rRJwzRb98HQ1gQ” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding.

Other one gives a terminal method, and an add-on method: Deeper, which looks interesting. Thanks!

 

[forcefieldkid]

There really ought to be a way to "freeze" the Dock, so that you can't add or subtract anything by drag & drop without "thawing it. Locking the plist file won't do it, and there's no option for that in prefs either.

You can set that option in the program Deeper. Along with a bunch of other stuff.

Think this was the second link:
Safari can’t open the page “http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...qrfcRGIX0fndGwCw&sig2=jOqRecW2rRJwzRb98HQ1gQ” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding.

Other one gives a terminal method, and an add-on method: Deeper, which looks interesting. Thanks!

Hah! Think I'm going blind