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DJKenji

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May 15, 2008
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just now accidently delete the download stacks from download folder, and how can i get back to my dock again? anyway how to solve it? thank :apple:
 
open up your finder then click on your HD then users and you can drag your downloads folder back down to the stacks!!

Ps don't do it from the sidebar
 
nono....you cant get me?
i mean my stack in dock also gone..

yes but this brings back your stack, drag the downloads folder to the where the stack was and it will create a new one.
hope this helps
 

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ya i know what you mean..but my stack is lose!
I cant drag download folder to dock :mad:

not sure what you mean by lose? but you have to drag the folder just to the right of the dock separator
 

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Still, it will not display as stack once removed. You can readd the Download Folder as described but it will only open in a regular black window NOT as curvy/bendy stack, which it did before removing.

The question is: HOW do you get Downloads to behave as "Documents" and display the content as a stack (curvy line of icons)?

Thanks!

PS. Yes the "Show as Stack" option is ticked. Unless there is some secret "Really show as Stack" option ;)
 
Still, it will not display as stack once removed. You can readd the Download Folder as described but it will only open in a regular black window NOT as curvy/bendy stack, which it did before removing.

The question is: HOW do you get Downloads to behave as "Documents" and display the content as a stack (curvy line of icons)?

Thanks!

PS. Yes the "Show as Stack" option is ticked. Unless there is some secret "Really show as Stack" option ;)

right click on your downloads and choose show as fan.
 
Indeed! Thanks a bunch. Now if you could explain why Show as "Automatic" works on "Documents" for Fan view as it did before removing "Downloads" but now no longer works I would be truly enlightened :)

Looks like I have to "force" Show as Fan once you have removed the "Downloads" from your dock and readd it? Or how is "Automatic" supposed to behave here? It does not behave as it did before removing and readding the folder. Maybe because the folder initially was preadded by the System itself?
 
Indeed! Thanks a bunch. Now if you could explain why Show as "Automatic" works on "Documents" for Fan view as it did before removing "Downloads" but now no longer works I would be truly enlightened :)

Looks like I have to "force" Show as Fan once you have removed the "Downloads" from your dock and readd it? Or how is "Automatic" supposed to behave here? It does not behave as it did before removing and readding the folder. Maybe because the folder initially was preadded by the System itself?

totally understand what youre saying but do not have the answer:confused:
i was thinking maybe it depends on how much stuff you have in the folders but i really don't know
 
totally understand what youre saying but do not have the answer:confused:
i was thinking maybe it depends on how much stuff you have in the folders but i really don't know

Doesn't seem to depend on the amount of stuff in the folder. It seems simply inconsistent behavior and as such a QA could bug it ;) as it is just confusing for a user why one "Automatic" setting behaves this and the next another way. :)

Well maybe the update today fixes it?!
 
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I hope that it's okay to bump up such an old thread, but this was one of the first results for my problem on Google, and it seemed like my problem was similar enough to not warrant its own thread.

I accidentally did the same thing as the OP, but with the Documents stack. I'd follow the same steps as were given for the Downloads stack, but if I understand it right, the Documents stack is supposed to be a list of all documents you've opened recently, regardless of what folder they were in. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but if I'm right, I don't think simply adding the Documents folder from the HD to the Dock will solve my problem.

Could anyone please help?
 
The Documents stack does not list recently opened documents, it lists what is in your Documents folder (ie: Macintosh HD>Users>Your Name>Documents). For a list of your recently opened documents click the little apple logo in the upper right hand corner of your desktop then click "Recent Items". Hope this helps.
 
CallsignBaron is right - it's just a plain old normal folder.

To achieve the functionality you're looking for, you could try using one of OS X's predefined "Smart Folders." There are a few in the sidebar of the Finder you could try dragging into the dock.
 
open up your finder then click on your HD then users and you can drag your downloads folder back down to the stacks!!

Ps don't do it from the sidebar

I just had the same problem and this was the best solution I found.
Thank you! Very simple.
 
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