Broken sidebar

on my mac mini g4 i booted it up today and my sidebar has gone haywire. All the icons and shortcuts are gone and dragging them back won't do anything. Under the finder preferences the icons on the top section has a dash beside them and the icons on the bottom section are not selected at all. can check the top icons i want but when i check the bottom icon for say my home folder it unchecks all the ones i just checked and doesn't check itself. if i just check the top ones i want like hard disks, network, connected servers, and removable media then close the window still nothing happens.
I have searched the forums and found only one solution and it was to delete these two files.
/Users/(NAME)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/(NAME)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
I have done that and it solved nothing.
repairing permisions was also recommended so i started from the recovery disck and repaired permisions and the disk and still no progress.
I can't think of or find anything else to do. My last resort is reinstalling and I really really don't want to do that.
Please some one help me with this problem it's driving me crazy.
Many many thanks in advanced if someone fixes my problem.
Thank you

If deleting the two plist files then logging out and back in didn't fix it, you might try going to System Preferences/Accounts and create a new admin account, then log in to the new account. See if the sidebar behaves correctly in the new account. If it is also broken there you will probably be best served by an archive and install of the system. However, if the sidebar DOES behave correctly in the new account then the problem is some file or program running in the original account and an archive and install probably wouldn't fix it. You'll need to figure out what file or program is causing the problem.
You could also try re-booting in Safe Mode: when you hear the startup chime hold down the Shift key. Startup will take longer, and you'll see a message on the splash screen saying "Safe Mode"--starting this way repairs the disk, empties some caches and disables all third party extensions (and a couple of Apple ones as well). See if the sidebar now works.
Francine
Francine
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Thank you - I am determined to get this right.
As for navigation, what would you recommend for a catalog with numerous subitems?    I had built a Spry Menu for my catalog template pages (same basic items but in a horizontal menu) But as you mentioned, that is not a good idea. My current site http://brassworks4.com was done in GoLIve and I was able to build my menus in MenuMachine, both vertical on the home page and horizontal on the catalog pages. Now I'm not sure what to do.
I am planning on putting all my data in tables within the same page as a Spry Data Set (so non-javascript people can view the tables) Is that a good idea?
I'm at a loss now for the menus/navigation items.
I appreciate your input.

How can I get the sidebar back in iTunes 12?

The Sidebar is the MAIN part of iTunes I have used for several years. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of updating iTunes to 12, and the Sidebar is completely gone. As far as I can see there is no way to get it back.
Does anyone know a way to restore the Sidebar? If not, is there a way to revert my iTunes back to version 11?
At this point, I will only be using my iTunes to back up my iPhone, that's it. Until I get an iTunes that is more user friendly....one with a Sidebar....I will not be using iTunes for any other reason. (Yes, I'll be boycotting the store....no purchases of any kind from iTunes from now on.)
Zane

But it's not exactly the same. You can only look at one thing at a time. You no longer have the heading that says "Library" and then the music, movies, etc., listings under it. I am now migrating computers and this has made it a royal PITA. Before, I could have all the listings, including my shared library, and I could just drag-and-drop from my shared library to the new one. Not anymore. Now I have to go in and import. Which, like many other people, takes a long time because of the size of our music collections. My rock category alone looks like it's going to take several days. I don't have a flash drive large enough to just copy to that and then move that way.
So thank you so very much Apple for once again fixing something that wasn't broken.

Set sidebar width of (Finder window 1) to 0 - (no longer working for me)

on script_title()
Filename : finderwindowprops.scpt (Script Debugger)
Author : Bill Hernandez
Version : 1.0.0
Updated : Thursday, December 14, 2006 ( 6:01 PM )
end script_title
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on script_notes( )
Setting the sidebar width for finder windows is not working consistently,
nor correctly for me. I had written several scripts to standardize the
display of windows on screen several months ago, and they have quit working
during the last couple of versions of the OS, not sure what has happened ?
end script_notes
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on run
tell me
set this_folder to (path to current user folder)
SetupWindow(this_folder)
if (ChooseTest() = 1) then
TestOne(this_folder)
else
TestTwo(this_folder)
end if
set str to ""
set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
set str to str & "It had worked well several months ago when I was doing some "
set str to str & "window stacking, but it seems to be broken for me..." & return & return
set str to str & "iMacG5 running OSX 10.4.8" & return & return
ShowMsg(str, 10)
end tell
end run
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on SetupWindow(whichFolder)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set counter to 1
try
open whichFolder
select Finder window 1
on error
set win to make new Finder window
end try
set bounds of (Finder window counter) to {20, 60, 700, 700}
set current view of (Finder window counter) to icon view
set toolbar visible of (Finder window counter) to true
set sidebar width of (Finder window counter) to 300
set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
set str to ""
set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be 300" & return & return
set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
my ShowMsg(str, 0)
end tell
end SetupWindow
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on TestOne(whichFolder)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set counter to 1
try
open whichFolder
select Finder window 1
on error
set win to make new Finder window
end try
set bounds of (Finder window counter) to {20, 60, 600, 600}
set current view of (Finder window counter) to list view
set toolbar visible of (Finder window counter) to true
set sidebar width of (Finder window counter) to 0
set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
set str to ""
set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
my ShowMsg(str, 0)
end tell
end TestOne
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on TestTwo(whichFolder)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set w_props to {}
set w_props to w_props & {sidebar width:0}
set w_props to w_props & {current view:list view}
set w_props to w_props & {toolbar visible:true}
set w_props to w_props & {statusbar visible:true}
set w_props to w_props & {bounds:{20, 60, 400, 600}}
try
open whichFolder
select Finder window 1
on error
set win to make new Finder window
end try
set w_ref to Finder window 1
set properties of w_ref to w_props
set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
set str to ""
set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
my ShowMsg(str, 0)
end tell
end TestTwo
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on ChooseTest()
tell application "Finder"
activate
set s to ""
set s to s & "The sidebar width is inconsistent no matter which method I use." & return & return
set s to s & "Sometimes there is a sidebar, sometimes there is none, particularly "
set s to s & "with a window that already exists." & return & return
set s to s & "Method one seems to work better, but does not always hide the sidebar." & return & return
set s to s & "Please select a choice..."
set b1 to "TestOne"
set b2 to "TestTwo"
set aReturn to display dialog s buttons {b1, b2} default button {b2}
if (button returned of aReturn = b1) then
return 1
else
return 2
end if
end tell
end Choose
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on ShowMsg(s, howLong)
tell application "Finder"
activate
if (howLong = 0) then
set theTIme to 3
else
set theTIme to howLong
end if
set b1 to "OK"
display dialog s buttons {b1} default button {b1} giving up after theTIme
end tell
end ShowMsg
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------

This is a re-post since I learned how to format the output a little nicer...
on script_title()
   Filename : finderwindowprops.scpt (Script Debugger)
   Author : Bill Hernandez
   Version : 1.0.0
   Updated : Thursday, December 14, 2006 ( 6:01 PM )
end script_title
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on script_notes()
   Setting the sidebar width for finder windows is not working consistently,
   nor correctly for me. I had written several scripts to standardize the
   display of windows on screen several months ago, and they have quit working
   during the last couple of versions of the OS, not sure what has happened ?
end script_notes
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on run
   tell me
      set this_folder to (path to current user folder)
      SetupWindow(this_folder)
      if (ChooseTest() = 1) then
         TestOne(this_folder)
      else
         TestTwo(this_folder)
      end if
      set str to ""
      set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
      set str to str & "It had worked well several months ago when I was doing some "
      set str to str & "window stacking, but it seems to be broken for me..." & return & return
      set str to str & "iMacG5 running OSX 10.4.8" & return & return
      ShowMsg(str, 10)
   end tell
end run
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on SetupWindow(whichFolder)
   tell application "Finder"
      activate
      set counter to 1
      try
         open whichFolder
         select Finder window 1
      on error
         set win to make new Finder window
      end try
      set bounds of (Finder window counter) to {20, 60, 700, 700}
      set current view of (Finder window counter) to icon view
      set toolbar visible of (Finder window counter) to true
      set sidebar width of (Finder window counter) to 300
      set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
      set str to ""
      set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be 300" & return & return
      set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
      my ShowMsg(str, 0)
   end tell
end SetupWindow
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on TestOne(whichFolder)
   tell application "Finder"
      activate
      set counter to 1
      try
         open whichFolder
         select Finder window 1
      on error
         set win to make new Finder window
      end try
      set bounds of (Finder window counter) to {20, 60, 600, 600}
      set current view of (Finder window counter) to list view
      set toolbar visible of (Finder window counter) to true
      set sidebar width of (Finder window counter) to 0
      set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
      set str to ""
      set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
      set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
      my ShowMsg(str, 0)
   end tell
end TestOne
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on TestTwo(whichFolder)
   tell application "Finder"
      activate
      set w_props to {}
      set w_props to w_props & {sidebar width:0}
      set w_props to w_props & {current view:list view}
      set w_props to w_props & {toolbar visible:true}
      set w_props to w_props & {statusbar visible:true}
      set w_props to w_props & {bounds:{20, 60, 400, 600}}
      try
         open whichFolder
         select Finder window 1
      on error
         set win to make new Finder window
      end try
      set w_ref to Finder window 1
      set properties of w_ref to w_props
      set w_props to get properties of Finder window 1
      set str to ""
      set str to str & "The Sidebar Width Should be Zero" & return & return
      set str to str & "Sidebar Width : " & ((sidebar width) of w_props)
      my ShowMsg(str, 0)
   end tell
end TestTwo
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on ChooseTest()
   tell application "Finder"
      activate
      set s to ""
      set s to s & "The sidebar width is inconsistent no matter which method I use." & return & return
      set s to s & "Sometimes there is a sidebar, sometimes there is none, particularly "
      set s to s & "with a window that already exists." & return & return
      set s to s & "Method one seems to work better, but does not always hide the sidebar." & return & return
      set s to s & "Please select a choice..."
      set b1 to "TestOne"
      set b2 to "TestTwo"
      set aReturn to display dialog s buttons {b1, b2} default button {b2}
      if (button returned of aReturn = b1) then
         return 1
      else
         return 2
      end if
   end tell
end ChooseTest
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------
on ShowMsg(s, howLong)
   tell application "Finder"
      activate
      if (howLong = 0) then
         set theTIme to 3
      else
         set theTIme to howLong
      end if
      set b1 to "OK"
      display dialog s buttons {b1} default button {b1} giving up after theTIme
   end tell
end ShowMsg
-- ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------

Mavericks 10.9.2 Junk Filtering radically broken

Mail under Mavericks (latest update as applied by App Store, verified multiple times that I have latest version of the OS, 10.9.2) has radically broken mail app junk filtering.
If I do the following I will have at least 90% of the messages sent end up marked as junk on my primary system, the last 17" MacBook Pro series made, however, even my less than one year old MacBook Air will exhibit similar behavior, just not at the extreme frequency of mail junk filtering failures as on the main MacBook Pro:
Create new email message addressed to myself
I should add that I have BCC myself set on all of my mail accounts
Add photos and Hit send (I use this process as a simple way to gather images from a number of folders on various backup drives and send the selected set of images in one group that I can then easily export to iPhoto (or Aperture)
Message sends
Message never appears in my inbox, neither the TO: nor BCC: appear
Check sent folder and find that the message is IN the Sent folder, with brown header indicating that I Marked the message as JUNK, I did NOT do so
I have reset all rules, no change, disabled junk no change (yes with Junk DISABLED the above will happen), I have used the advance option and edited the rules to try and simplify the settings to the bare amount, all with no discernable changes. I have even added rules that explicitly state DO NOT consider as junk any messages containing my domain name for example, still no change.
Even though I have marked LEAVE JUNK MAIL IN INBOX it is inconsistent, mail I send to myself the majority of times will be in the sent folder, other email that mail app marks as junk MAY be in my inbox, but not consistently.
Even email I have marked multiple times as Not Junk continues to be marked as Junk (for example NO email sent from my work domain to my work domain email should ever be marked as junk, yet it is, but always inconsistently, that is out of 200 hundred plus emails a day, a handful will be marked as junk, in some cases the exact same sender will be marked as junk on successive days with me marking each message as Not Junk, then for a period all email will be delivered as intended, only to have stuff from the previous email sender start appearing as marked as junk again).
When I have ENABLED Junk filtering I have verified that all check boxes are as have been suggested in other threads here
Again, even DISABLING Junk filtering still results in the inconsistent delivery of my own emails to myself
As an experiment, if I send the message from my gmail account USING mail app to compose and send the message (NOT using the web interface to gmail, but the mail app native gmail account setup) sending the message to my personal domain email address it appears the problem never exhibits. The BCC shows up in my gmail account inbox, and TO: message appears in my primary personal domain account inbox. I have tried this at least four or five times and so far it has never failed to deliver the message, and never has marked as junk. However, based on the inconsistent behavior of junk filtering with my work domain email I would not be willing to bet that using gmail to send to my personal domain account would not have some junk filter mistakes as well.
This has gotten bad enough that I would gladly go to another mail client, but any alternative client needs to support at minimum the following:
Must support FULL iPhoto (or Aperture) integration, this means not only ability to send email from iPhoto, but ability to EXPORT images from a mail message into iPhoto, as well as select Photos from media in finder sidebar and have iPhoto browser open to SEND images via email as alternative to sending from iPhoto directly
Must support Exchange (used for my work domain email)
Images in attached message should allow mass saving to file system folders as well if desired, in addition to exporting to iPhoto
I Have tried several alternative email apps for OS X. Postbox seems to be the only one that claims any iPhoto integration at all, and it is marginal at best, and does not seem to support exporting images directly into iPhoto regardless. Postbox also had some other weirdness, some options from mail seem to be just missing (for example if BCC myself on all messages exists I have not found the setting), loading messages with any attachments was much slower than mail, etc. But if there was a way to get Postbox to work better with iPhoto I would be willing to give it a try.
I have even wondered if maill app and/or preferences are corrupted. I have a ton of email that would be painful to lose (I do use Mail Steward to back up email from previous years, but it would be a fair amount of work to completely back up all of my accounts and delete everything and restart using Mail Steward, but that might be my only option). Even if I did totally kill all my preferences and deleted the entire mail section in /Library it is not clear if there is any way to reinstall just mail. Or do I download the entire OS X Mavericks installer, run that and hope it reinstalls mail app and start all over? I am willing to even try that, if I had a reasonable expectation that it would actually correct anything. But I suspect based on what I have seen here and on the web that this is a fundementatl break in the mail app code.
As an alternative, is there a terminal command I can try to use to totally eradicate and shutoff mail app junk filtering since the control in preferences to disable junk filtering is not working, at least on my system?
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks

I did some additional testing last night. Setting Junk to DISABLED, closing mail and re-launching mail, and then sending myself a message from the same account STILL ends up with the message marked as JUNK (in fact it indicates I marked it for junk, which clearly I did NOT so mark my own message sent to me as junk) with the message marked as junk sitting in the sent folder. Setting junk filtering back to ENABLED, exiting mail and re-launching again, still no change. I again RESET all junk rules and learned behavior, tried sending myself a message again, and still had the same failure. I have verified the various settings that have been proposed in other threads in this forum, no joy, same behavior. It simply appears that email sent from your own account to yourself is frequently (if not 100% in recent testimng) tagged as being junk, and that simply is nuts.
Mail is fundamentally, radically broken since one of the latest Mavericks releases. (I think this actually started in 10.9.1, but I know for certain it is 10.9.2).
I fail to see how ANY setting of rules, et al, can be at issue here. When junk filtering is DISABLED nothing should ever be filtered as junk, period. In reality mail is still being impacted by the junk mail filtering, regardless of any setting, including totally disabling junk mail filtering in mail preferences.
Add in that in the latest versions of mail (again for at least the last two major 10.9 updates, if not longer) deleting messages is inconsistent. I have had messages I have deleted reappear in one of my folders multiple times. The most common are messages popping back up in the DRAFTS folder, where I have a copy of the message in my sent folder, and the recipient of the message acknowledges receipt of the message. Clearly the message is NOT still a draft. I manually delete these spurious messages and in some cases the same messages reappear back into mail in the drafts folder again!
I love Apple products, and support the company and their technology, but mail has some significant issues, and regrettably there does not appear to be any viable alternative that really integrates with the rest of the OS X environment as well, leaving us with either a badly broken mail client, or significant downgrade in functionality moving to a different client.

DVD Drive Broken -Can I install from another Mac?

Hello All
A friend has a MacMini with a broken DVD Drive. He also has a MacBook, which has a working drive. He is still using Leopard and wants to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Can he upgrade the MacBook, then upgrade the MacMini using the MacBook? If so, would anyone happen to have detailed instructions?
Thank you for your time
Cooch

You connect the two via Firewire cable. Boot the Mini into TDM. Put the installer DVD into the optical drive on the MB then boot the MB. After the chime hold down the "C" key to boot from the installer DVD. Select the language and click on the Continue button. When the menubar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select the Mini's drive from the left sidebar, click on the First Aid tab in DU's main window, then click on the Repair Disk button. After Repair Disk is completed click on the Repair Permissions button. When completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with the installation. When you reach the point for selecting a target drive select the Mini's drive. Continue on. The Snow Leopard installer will automatically upgrade the existing Leopard system.

Don't see photos from icloud. Replaced broken 4s w/new phone. Help! How do I get photos back? They don't show up on icloud online but phone says broken phone was backed up yesterday under manage storage. How do I use this backup?

Please help. Replaced broken phone w/new 4s. I did as the genius bar guy said and did reset>erase all content and settings at home because he said it would take too long in the store. Last time I had to replace my phone, all the photos and video were there. Now they're not. I had set up icloud but when i typed in "my restore from icloud", nothing came up. I NEED those pictures and videos. They're the last photos and videos I have of my mother who passed away recently. Please I need them back. I feel like I've lost her all over again. Please someone help. I went to icloud>storage & backup>manage storage and i see that those pictures were backed up yesterday yet I don't see any pictures or picture icon in icloud.com. Please someone help me get those pictures back. They're priceless and they're the last I have left of my mother.

If this is your first sync and there is already data on the phone, perform the steps listed below. This will transfer your apps and other media purchased from the iTunes store to your iTunes library, perform a manual backup and restore, then sync the iTunes media back to the phone from your iTunes library. This will not transfer media from other sources such as music from your ripped CDs. As you said you never synced before, I assume all of your apps, music and other media was purchased from the iTuens and App stores. If this is correct, you won't lose anything.
Download and install iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/.
Launch iTunes, go to the View menu and click to check Show Sidebar.
Go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices (Edit>Preferences>Devices if using Windows) and check "Prevent...from syncing automatically".
Go to Store>Authorize This Computer and authorize all Apple IDs used to purchase apps and other iTunes media (music, podcasts, movies, tv shows, etc.) on your phone.
On her phone, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup and turn iCloud Backup to Off.
Connect her phone to your computer and in iTunes go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases to transfer your purchased media to your iTunes library.
Right-click on the name of the phone on the left side of iTunes and click "Reset Warnings".
Right-click on the name of the phone again and click "Back Up" to back up the phone.
Right-click again and choose "Restore from Backup...", select the backup you just made to restore from and restore the backup to your phone. If prompted to back up again, decline.
Go to the Info tab and make sure nothing is checked so you aren't syncing calendars, contacts, etc. with iTunes.
Go to the Summary tab and select This Computer under Automatically Back Up.
Check the other tabs to confirm that your sync settings are the way you want them.
Click Apply at the bottom to sync your phone.

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