Contents
Add an app to the sidebar: Press and hold the Command key, then drag the app icon to the Favorites section. Remove an item: Drag the item’s icon out of the sidebar until you see the remove sign . The link to the item in the sidebar disappears, but the item remains in its original location on your Mac.
1 Answer
- Open a Finder window and go to your user folder.
- In the user folder you should see the downloads folder.
- Drag the downloads folder to the place you want it in the sidebar.
- Drag the Downloads folder to the right side of the vertical bar in the Dock.
What does the sidebar on OS X Yosemite look like?
Unlike the plain, gray, boring icons that come with OS X Yosemite’s sidebar, you now have bright, colored icons. Once you’ve enabled the colored sidebar, you can customize it to your heart’s content with new icons, which will then be reflected throughout the system, so you can really let your imagination go wild.
You can also change the Finder sidebar to colored icons such as the ones found in earlier versions of OS X. The easist way to do this is to use a free, open sourced piece of software called cDock. We’ve written about cDock before, which proves to be a tiny, yet versatile piece of software.
Click the button labeled “View” to access them. Once you have the extra settings open, you can see you want to select the “colored sidebar” option. Click “Apply” to invoke your changes and they will then be reflected in the sidebar. Unlike the plain, gray, boring icons that come with OS X Yosemite’s sidebar, you now have bright, colored icons.
Why are the icons mute in OS X Yosemite?
The icons (as found in OS X Yosemite) are a mute gray and those that are displayed are the ones that Apple assumes you’ll use most, so you can get to your applications, documents, desktop, and so forth. You can’t get to any places that contain system files, but we’ll show you how to add new shortcuts in a bit.