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Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar

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On 2016-01-25, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> I have added some "favourites" the Finder side bar in order to get to
> certain directories quickly. Those reside on my server (accessed via AFP).
>
> In Snow Leopard, this worked well. In Yosemite, they seem to disappear
> often and I have to add them again. (likely if the connection to the
> server is severed long enough I guess).

IIRC, this is a long-standing bug has been around since 10.9. Here's a
lengthy thread about it:

<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5556541>

It definitely doesn't affect most of us though. I have aliases to file
server volumes listed in the favorites section of my Finder sidebar on
several machines running various versions of OS X that never go away,
even if the volume is not mounted for extended periods. And I work with
people who have the same experience (it works correctly). So it doesn't
affect many of us.

According to some reports from those bitten by this bug, restarting the
file server can have the effect of making the items re-appear on the
side bar. You might try that to see if that's the case for you.

Others have reported that mounting the shared volumes at login (via
System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items) fixes the issue for
their users.

Some report that simply restarting the Finder restores missing
favorites. Worth a shot.

> Is there a way to make those "sticky" so they never disappear ?

I suppose you could try locking the Finder sidebar property list, but
the symptoms of the bug tell me that probably won't have any effect. It
sounds to me like the items aren't removed from the property list (since
merely restarting the file server has the effect of making them
re-appear for some people, reportedly).

Personally, if this bug bit me, I would just create a folder in my
Documents folder called "Servers" or something like that, put a bunch of
aliases in that folder, and then add that folder to the sidebar. Another
option is to put that folder in the Dock.

> If I created a soft link in my home directory pointing to
> /Volumes/server-disk/server-directory", could I then add that to the
> sidebar at which point I am guessing it would stay ? Or would that also
> go away ?

Have you tried that yet?

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Favourites in Finder Sidebar JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-25 00:16 -0500
  Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-25 17:11 +0000
    Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-25 14:12 -0500
      Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-25 20:30 +0000
        Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-25 15:53 -0500
  Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-28 17:52 -0500
    Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-28 23:07 +0000
      Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-28 18:25 -0500
        Re: Favourites in Finder Sidebar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-29 00:36 +0000

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