Finder preferences sidebar

Under Devices, I see Computer, Hard Disks, etc.
I notice that the Hard Disk has a slash (not a checkmark) and is collored blue. I thought this was a checkmark or no checkmark area.

no. if you check that box and then drag one (or more) hard drive off the sidebar you'll get a minus sign in that box.

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Is anyone else having this problem or is it only on my Macbook Air? or does anyone one know how to fix it?

The Finder preferences may be corrupted ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
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~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
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Weird behaviour in Finder Preferences

I have just set up my brand new 27"iMac and i was in Finder Preferences setting up the items I wanted in the Sidebar.
I clicked on the various items I wanted in the Sidbar Preferences list but after clicking and ticking them I noticed that the ticks then disappeared. Relaunching Finder did show the desired items were now in the sidebar so my choices were picked up. However I examined the Sidebar preferences again and found no items were ticked. Clicking on an item which was in the Sidebar again briefly showed a tick which disappeared and then on relaunching Finder that item had been removed as desired.
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I find this very weird.
Has anyone any explanations or is this "normal" Mavericks behaviour?

Finder preferences can become corrupted. It's not an unusual.
Try this..
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
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~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
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The favorites list disapeared from finder's sidebar. The checkboxes on preferences to put them back won't work. What should I do to have them back?

Nope... the word "Favorites" doesn't even appear on the sidebar. As I mentioned, I went to <preferences><sidebar> and all the favorites are unchecked. I tryed to check them but it looks like the checkboxes are disabled.

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Finder preferences: How do I just DBL click folder to get a new window

I don't want to have to push cmd and click folders Every time I want a folder to open in a new window. I want a New Window EVERY time I dbl click a folder, as I have done for as long as I can remember in Mac system. I like multiple open windows, and don't like being Forced into having to take extra steps every time just to do this task I do Hundreds of times a day.
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Open a folder in a new tab or window
When you open a folder in a Finder window, the folder’s contents usually replace the current contents of the window. If you prefer, you can open a folder in a new tab or window.
To open a specific folder, press the Command (⌘) key while you double-click the folder.The folder opens in a new tab or window, depending on your Finder preferences. To change the preference, choose Finder > Preferences, click General, then select or deselect “⌘-double-click opens a folder in a new tab.” (Deselect the option if you prefer a new window.)
To open a new Finder window without opening a specific folder, choose File > New Finder Window or press Command (⌘)–N.
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⌘-double-click opens a folder in a new tab
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It was going fine but few hours ago, a weird name that I don't know showed up under the 'Shared" of my Finder's sidebar. When I cliked it, it said "Connection failed" and disappeared. Now there is no "Shared" in the sidebar at all.
So first of all, what is this "Shared"?
And if there is another computer under "Shared", does it mean that computer can see what I'm doing or something?
Also, since it said it failed to connect, that computer wasn't connected to mine, right?
Am I being hacked????????????
Thank you, I'm just a bit concerned with this... odd predicament that I never encountered to during my macbook experience.

So this unknown is using my network because of my insecure wireless router, but it's not like that device can look into my account?
Yes, that's a possibility. If your wireless network does not have a password, that's the most obvious explanation. I live in a suburban area, houses close but not too close, and I can see up to four of my neighbors' networks, depending on the day and what part of the house I'm in. The ones that are open, I could join if I chose to. In an apartment building, you're going to have many more people close to you, while if you live out on a farm somewhere, you probably have nobody living in range. In any situation where you have people living (or commonly travelling) nearby, you should lock down your network with a password.
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Mac OS Lion::Finder left sidebar...

FAVORITES
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    Documents
    Downloads
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SHARED
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Rebuild the Finder's plist file
1. In the finder, hold down the option key and select Go/Library
2. In the library folder open the preferences folder
3. Move com.apple.finder.plist to the desktop
4. Select Apple menu/Force Quit from the menubar
5. Click Finder/Relaunch button
com.apple.finder.plist will be automatically rebuilt. You may have to reset any Finder preferences that you changed. The Data Center favorite should be history. If not, try to remove it.
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HT5839 Need more colors for tags than the 7 colors in Finder Preferences

Is there a way to get more colors than the 7 colors now standard in Finder? I have nearly 12 categories and I would each to have a distinctive color.
There could be more than one shade of each color, for example.
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You can't select a color at all in the File Save/Get Info dialog. You have to set them in the Finder Preferences as I showed above. You can choose from the list of already defined Tags, or you can type in a new one.
If you want that new tag to have a color associated with it, go to Finder Preferences and select the color like I displayed (and you also did).
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Yosemite no finder preferences

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Finder preferences do what they wanted; plist eliminated also, no help

My finder is not working correctly. I have used preferences...made changes and then, they change back to what they were originally. I want to see in the left panel my files and connections.
*Problem 1*: I want to see my hard drives connected and view in the left finder pane so..... I fix preferences. it works. Then it works maybe a day. The next day, it is no longer selected in preferences.I did not change anything.
*Problem 2*: I can not slide over folders I want to be in the left finder pane. I used to be able to. It just stopped. No new software added.
I have deleted the plist as I have read others do in this discussion- that DOES NOT work.
Any help appreciated- Thanks

drkathy wrote:
*Problem 1*: I want to see my hard drives connected and view in the left finder pane so..... I fix preferences. it works. Then it works maybe a day. The next day, it is no longer selected in preferences.I did not change anything.
How are you "fixing" the preferences? Via Finder Menu->Preferences->Sidebar?
*Problem 2*: I can not slide over folders I want to be in the left finder pane. I used to be able to. It just stopped. No new software added.
I'm confused on what you mean by "slide over folders". Do you mean you can't add folders to the "Places" section of the sidebar?
I have deleted the plist as I have read others do in this discussion- that DOES NOT work.
Which plist did you delete? Did you logout/login or restart or force quit the Finder? Force quitting the Finder is the proper method after deleting com.apple.finder.plist. If you deleted com.apple.sidebarlists.plist, you need to restart.

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