HELP! *EVERYTHING* disappeared from my sidebar except for my MacBook Pro icon, which is still showing under "Devices".

*Everything* disappeared from my sidebar except for my MacBook Pro icon, which is still showing under "Devices".

Richard,
I had checked Finder Preferences to make sure everything was still checked, and it was. But as a result of your suggestion I decided to go back and uncheck them, relaunch Finder, restart my MacBook Pro, and re-check them. That didn't actually change anything, BUT, in moving my cursor around the sidebar I discovered there is a "show/hide" button to the right of the word Favorites which only shows up when you hover over it (a bad design imo) and I must have somehow clicked on it and pouf! All disappeared! So, thank you! I would not have discovered that absent your suggestion. All is now showing in my sidebar again.
Babette

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