Places in Finder misplaced for flash drive

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gregggregg
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in macOS edited January 2014
This has been bugging me for a long time. Using 10.5.8, when I plug in a flash drive, the sidebar is the same as any Finder window. Maybe there's no way to change that - out of the box I mean, not by the user.



This came up again when showing someone the procedure for copying to the flash drive. "Can I click on 'documents' over here?" (in the sidebar)

"No, that's not the one you want."

"Why not?"

"Good question."



Wouldn't it make more sense for there to be no Places listed in the flash drive window, or to be able to assign Places that are actually on the flash drive rather than having those take you to, well, places on the hard drive? I'm I the only one annoyed by this?

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
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    This has been bugging me for a long time. Using 10.5.8, when I plug in a flash drive, the sidebar is the same as any Finder window. ...



    You are asking to fundamentally change the design and philosophy of MacOS X. MacOS X and the MacOS before it treats all mounted volumes the same. The only exception is the boot volume. There is nothing special about a Flash drive and therefore is not treated special.



    You are in a new land. You need to learn new ways.
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    gregggregg Posts: 261member
    I was afraid that I was asking the impossible. But, I found a solution that works by checking Mac Help. If you click the oval in the upper right corner of a Finder window, the sidebar and toolbar toggle off and on. It is window-specific. So, I inserted the jump drive, clicked, closed and ejected it. When I put it back in, the bars were still gone.



    Thanks, me. I will give me some reps.
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    gregggregg Posts: 261member
    I also discovered that once I set the flash drive's window to be stripped of the sidebar, it will no longer open an enclosed folder in the same window. But, once the second window is open and adjusted (size, position) it retains those characteristics.



    I read that Snow Leopard allows you to have only the toolbar, or neither the toolbar or sidebar, but not just the sidebar. Or was it vice versa??
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    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
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    I also discovered that once I set the flash drive's window to be stripped of the sidebar, it will no longer open an enclosed folder in the same window. ...



    What you discovered is a MacOS X feature. This option is available to every Finder window. It is not unique to Snow Leopard. It is not unique to Flash drives.
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    gregggregg Posts: 261member
    Quote:
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    Using 10.5.8, ...



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gregg View Post


    If you click the oval in the upper right corner of a Finder window, ...



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. Me View Post


    What you discovered is a MacOS X feature. This option is available to every Finder window. It is not unique to Snow Leopard. It is not unique to Flash drives.



    I know. Thanks for informing others who might have skimmed over the above. SL will not let you have just a Sidebar and no Toolbar, but allows the reverse. With 10.5.x, you get both or neither. It makes sense that if there's no Toolbar, you get a new window when you open another folder, 'cause there's no "Back" button to use. For the same reason, it makes sense that SL will not allow a Sidebar with no Toolbar, something lamented in the MacWorld article where I read about the change from Leopard.



    By the way, I have to note that while I was being "cute" above, writing to myself, it was not intended as a play on words, though now I see that it is.
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