OT Help re Mac SideBar

[Bob Sneidar]

Nope. The system will not look in the trash for a file it needs. This is very odd. I am not aware of any other place where the Finder keeps those preferences. Just for kicks and grins, try creating a new account and then log into it. Does that sidebar show you the same file? If so, then it is something in the system itself that is doing that to you. Can you send me a screen shot of a finder window with the new prefs file? Perhaps I can deduce by elimination what part of your system the shortcut is pointing to. It may be a standard item that cannot be deleted, but the original has been moved or deleted. 

Bob


On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> Bob, I trashed the pList as you suggested. On restarting a new one was created, but the item I was trying to eliminate was there again, so I recovered the old pList from the trash. Any chance I should have dumped the trash before restarting?
> 
> Joe
> 
> On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> Open a terminal window. Navigate to your user preferences folder using cd ~/Library/Preferences. type open com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. (I use PListEdit Pro so it's easy for me but TextEdit will also work if you are careful.) Under Root/useritems/CustomListItems inspect each key to find the offending key. Delete it. Reboot. I googled how. You can also just delete the plist file and the Finder will give you a fresh one when you reboot, but none of your other shortcuts will be there. 
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Bob, but that doesn't work; even while holding down any combination of keys.
>>> 
>>> Joe Wilkins
>>> 
>>> On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dragging it out of the sidebar does not work?
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> A long time ago, I managed to make an item in the sidebar so that it has no alias to which it points. It just sits there taking up space. Is there anyway that I can remove it. I've tried everything I know that might work.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Joe Wilkins
>>>>> 
> 
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