"All My Files" option in Sidebar disappeared

[Apple_Robert]

I am running the latest Developer Beta. Earlier this evening, the "All My Files" option disappeared from the Finder Sidebar. I don't know how that happened. I tried restarting and that didn't work. I tried reinstalling the OS and that didn't work. Anyone know how to get it to show again?

 

[steveaburns]

maybe you can go to finder preferences and click [x] All My Files

 

[Apple_Robert]

maybe you can go to finder preferences and click [x] All My Files

There is no option to enable "All My Files" in Finder Preferences, as it isn't listed.

 

[Erdbeertorte]

There is no option to enable "All My Files" in Finder Preferences, as it isn't listed.

It's gone for now and has been replaced by Recents.


Edit: There is still a .app file in the Finder package contents for it, but it is identical to Recents and does exactly the same if you open it.

 

[SimonTheSoundMa]

Good. Had too many ID10T errors with this - users deleting all their files on their Macs thinking they have duplicate files, one in 'All My Files' and another on their desktop.

 

[mikecwest]

Good. Had too many ID10T errors with this - users deleting all their files on their Macs thinking they have duplicate files, one in 'All My Files' and another on their desktop.

I never liked that feature, it just makes all of your files look like that are unorganized. It is much easier to press CMD-SPACE and start typing the name of the file you want...