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How do you customize the Sidebar on a Mac?
Customize the sidebar
- Hide or show the sidebar: Choose View > Hide Sidebar or View > Show Sidebar.
- Resize the sidebar: Drag the right side of the divider bar to the right or left.
- Change what’s in the sidebar: Choose Finder > Preferences, click Sidebar, then select or deselect items.
Can you Customise folder icons?
Right click on the folder and select the “properties” option. Click on the “customize” tab. Scroll down to the folder icon section at the bottom and select “Change Icon.” Choose a different pre-installed icon OR upload an icon of your choosing.
What are sidebar icons Mac?
One often overlooked Finder tool is the sidebar, the left-hand section of every Finder window where you see small icons and names for folders or other items. The sidebar is intended to give you one-click access to the items you use the most. To make sure it does, tweak the way the sidebar displays and what it contains.
If you manually add folders, such as the Developer folder, to your sidebar favorites, they will show up with a generic sidebar icon, even if the folder has a custom Finder icon. The only way to change this would be with hacks as described by e.g. Keyboard_Gamer’s answer.
Click the Finder icon in your Dock or File > New Finder Window from your menu bar. Then, do the following. 1) With Finder open, select Finder > Preferences from your menu bar. 2) Click the Sidebar tab. For each section; Favorites, iCloud, Locations, and Tags, check those items that you want to see in the Sidebar.
Where is the finder toolbar on a Mac?
On your Mac, click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window. Do any of the following: Hide or show the sidebar: Choose View > Hide Sidebar or View > Show Sidebar. (If Show Sidebar is dimmed, choose View > Show Toolbar.)
Sidebar Preferences. There’s an easier way to add special locations like music and movies. First, open the Finder preferences (Command + ,). Once in the Finder Preferences, click the “Sidebar” tab. From the Sidebar options, you can add or remove sidebar items to your heart’s content.