Desktop shortcut keeps disappearing from side panel in Finder in Sonama

[deckard666]

So no matter how many times I drag the shortcut from my library into the Finder window so I can just open a Finder window and click Desktop for access to files it just seems to randomly disappear out of there - any ideas why ?

 

[kirbyrun]

Seconded! Keeps happening to me, too. It's like my Mac is gaslighting me.

"What Desktop shortcut? You never dragged a Desktop shortcut over here..."

 

[CitizenK]

Don't know why, but Command-Shift-D is another way to get there.

 

[ufo2826]

So no matter how many times I drag the shortcut from my library into the Finder window so I can just open a Finder window and click Desktop for access to files it just seems to randomly disappear out of there - any ideas why ?

I had 10-12 favorite locations (some were 3 levels "deep") in Finder Sidebar Favorites and overnight they all just went away. Not exactly the same situation as yours, but I'm betting the 2 are related. Frustrating! This used to happen much more frequently, but I've not seen it in several months ... thought perhaps it was fixed!

 

[ashleykaryl]

I've had this many times with lots of favourites disappearing every dew days and prior to Sonoma as well. Lately it has actually been better.

 

[smirking]

I'm still on Sonoma and lately this has been happening to me all the time! It seems to come in spurts. There must be a bug that gets fixed and then gets reintroduced in a software update. For the past week or two, my Desktop shortcut keeps vanishing.

Unlike some other people here, I only have this issue with my Desktop shortcut. Nothing else seems to disappear like this although I may occasionally get the "Developer" shortcut inserted without doing it myself.

 

[chabig]

So no matter how many times I drag the shortcut from my library into the Finder window so I can just open a Finder window and click Desktop for access to files it just seems to randomly disappear out of there - any ideas why ?

Just turn it on in Finder Settings > Sidebar

 

[ignatius345]

Same issue, but with an external drive I keep attached to my iMac 100% of the time. It always disappears from the sidebar no matter how many times I add it. I just tried @chabig's suggestion above and hopefully it sticks this time.

 

[smirking]

Same issue, but with an external drive I keep attached to my iMac 100% of the time. It always disappears from the sidebar no matter how many times I add it. I just tried @chabig's suggestion above and hopefully it sticks this time.

Getting it back isn't too hard. The issue is that it keeps vanishing at inconvenient times right when I need to use it and I have to stop whatever I'm doing and get it back before I can continue. I use it a lot when uploading files through a Web form. It's a really inopportune time to lose your shortcuts.