Fix a Missing Favorites Section in MacBook Air Finder Sidebar

Apple MacBook Air is beautifully designed with high-tech features. Moreover the Favorites section in the Finder sidebar is a convenient method to access your important folders and cloud-storage drives. Even, if you have not taken the time to set it up, then Favorites section will display your Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Downloads and other associated directories automatically. But, on some of the versions of OS X and macOS, the Favorites section could get disappear from the Finder sidebar without informing you. In order to have MacBook Air Tech Support for the same, you better consult experts.

Here, find out the steps to diagnose and troubleshoot the issue

Firstly, you need to simply relaunch the Finder or directly restart your computer. In most of the cases, this can troubleshoot the problem without so much of effort.  Similarly, you’ll want to make sure Favorites is even turned on for Finder.

• Firstly, launch Finder.
• Now, in the upper-right corner, hit on Finder. 
• Next, you have to click on “Preferences” and then on the “Sidebar” tab.
• Make sure that there are ticks next to some of the options under Favorites.

If the issue is available on the options, then simply tick the option. If it does not help you to troubleshoot the issue, continue the next method.

Solution 1:

• Frist of all launch the “Finder”.
• Now, you need to simply hold down “Option” and further click “Go” in the top menu bar.
• Next, hit on “Library” and then find and click on “Preferences”.
• Remove the file with name com.apple.finder.list — and any files that contain that phrase in their filenames.
• Afterward, you have to restart your computer or log out and then back into your user account.
• Here, empty your Trash, and open Finder to check the Favorites reappears.

Solution 2:

• Here, launch the “Activity Monitor”. 
• Next, scroll around till you get the procedure called sharedfileslitd.
• Then, in the upper-right hand corner of Activity Monitor, click on the X box 
• Click on Force Quit.
• If you are running multiple processes with the same file name, try force quitting all of them.
• At last, relaunch Finder.

 In case the above two solutions do not help you troubleshoot the problem, feel free to call on Apple Technical Support Number +1-877-708-3372. Here you will be assisted by our best IT technicians. They ensure to deliver high-quality service with every possible solution on your desk at an affordable price.