Hi Ray -- -- Try holding down Control and clicking and holding the mouse down on the item you want to remove. A menu opens up, slide down to 'Remove from Sidebar' and release the mouse, the item should disappear.
Cheers -- David Noel 2011 May 1 ====== On 1 May 2011 12:53, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > > On 01/05/2011, at 11:46 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > > > > > A friend has a MacBookPro3,1 (Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz), 2GB SDRAM, MacOS > 10.5.8. > > > > When I open a Finder window the window's Sidebar lists two 'burn' items > in the 'Places' section. The item names are "Untitled CD 4" and "Untitled > CD", and both have the yellow and black circular 'burn' icon after their > name. > > > > When I click on either item I get a message that 'The volume for > "Untitled 4.fpbf" cannot be found'. > > > > When I click on the 'burn' icon behind the item's name the computer asks > for a blank CD, and then burns that CD. I end up with a CD that has no files > on it. > > > > Neither item allows me to drag it out of the Sidebar. > > > > A Finder File> Find finds neither item as a visible or invisible file. > > > > A Directory rebuild with DiskWarrior 4.3 found lots of problems that were > fixed, but the problem items remain. > > > > A 'Repair Disk Permissions' also has no effect. > > > > Any suggestions about how can I get rid of these two items? Is there a > plist I could try deleting? > > Hi Ray, > > Try a “click and hold” (that is press but DO NOT RELEASE the mouth button), > and then drag the offending folder icon out of the Sidebar to the Desktop, > and release the mouse button. The item should then go “poof” and be gone. > > If that doesn’t work you can delete the Sidebar preference plist to return > it to the default state. Remove this file: > > /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist > > Then log out and back in, restart, or relaunch the Finder. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
