Finder Question ? >>>

[Avzone]

Accidently I dragged a folder to the top of my finder window and there it stayed ?
I thought maybe this is a temporary place, so I could open wherever and then drag it to where I wanted, but I tried this and now i am left with a question mark '?' that I cannot clear ?
Please advise.
Thanks!

 

[hughvane]

Go to Finder > Preferences ? Sidebar and see if that ? is listed in the top section with a check box beside it. If so, and the box is checked, uncheck it and see what happens in the Finder window.

 

[Avzone]

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No its not ?
I cant get rid of it !

 

[Avzone]

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.. Its not in the white window with the other icons its directly above on the main toolbar under the x - +
I have had it before and then dragged the folder from the to another location or dragged it somewhere not needed so it would show the animation of going up in a puff of smoke!

 

[todd2000]

When you say "the top of the finder window" do you mean in the top left where I have dragged my System Folder too? If so just right click, or Control +Click on it and click Remove Item. The folder should still be in the original location, it is just an alias to it in your Finder toolbar.

 

[decksnap]

You can hold down apple and drag anything up into the top area that I am thinking you are talking about. You should be able to apple+drag it out as well. But all it is doing is creating an alias to the original item. A question mark would mean that the original item was moved or deleted, so the alias can't find what it is looking for. Apple+drag the question mark off the window to get rid of it.

 

[Avzone]

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Ah Thanks you two.
Decksnap, you got it, that was the problem. All Sorted!
Todd2000 How d'ya do that SnapShot of your screen, I tried using Grab but all the options are grayed out?

When Apple ships there computers out, why don't they include a comprehensive guide to your mac as expecting you to just use the help menus is not exactly great!

 

[decksnap]

shift+apple+3 will grab the whole screen.
shift+apple+4 will give you a cursor to grab a selection of the screen.
shift+apple+4, let go, then tap spacebar, will give a little camera icon that lets you grab any single window.

 

[Avzone]

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Ahh nice 1 !
You have to activate Grab 1st, it seems.
I thought it was already to use within the Services menu.
Thats cool though.

Thank you very much, all sorted and another thing I've learned.

 

[decksnap]

Ahh nice 1 !
You have to activate Grab 1st, it seems.
I thought it was already to use within the Services menu.
Thats cool though.

Thank you very much, all sorted and another thing I've learned.

No, you don't have to activate grab. It should work anywhere, any time.

 

[Avzone]

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Oh?
The Options were grayed out until I did?

 

[decksnap]

Oh?
The Options were grayed out until I did?

Just use the key commands I posted. No options necessary.

 

[Avzone]

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Thank you very much!

 

[jotamurray]

Thanks! had that problem too. CMD+drag solved it... but god knows what i deleted??? to get the question mark