Apple Mac Big Sur Pictures Folder

If yous recently got a new Mac, you might not come across your Pictures folder in the "Favorites" sidebar of Finder anymore. But don't worry, it'southward nonetheless at that place. Here's how to find the Pictures binder—and how to add information technology to your sidebar again.

Kickoff, bring Finder to the foreground by clicking its icon in your Dock.

In the menu bar at the top of the screen, select "Get," and then choose "Abode" from the carte du jour that appears. Or, alternately, y'all can press Shift+Command+H on your keyboard.

In the menubar, click "Go" then select "Home" from the menu.

When your Abode window opens in Finder, locate the "Pictures" folder. Double-click the icon to open it.

For easier access to the "Pictures" folder in the futurity, click and drag the "Pictures" folder icon to the "Favorites" section of the Finder's sidebar.

While you're hovering over the sidebar, the folder icon will turn into a small placement indicator. When you accept the indicator pointing where you lot'd like in the listing, release your mouse button. The "Pictures" folder will announced at that spot in your "Favorites" list.

The "Pictures" shortcut in the Finder "Favorites" sidebar.

Y'all tin can also add the Pictures binder to your Finder sidebar using some other method. With Finder agile, click "Finder" > "Preferences" in the carte bar. With "Preferences" open, select "Sidebar," then place a checkmark beside "Pictures" in the list.

In Finder Preferences, click "Sidebar" then place a check mark beside "Pictures" in the list.

This method is handy considering it allows y'all to add together other special folders that might exist missing to your taskbar, such as "Music" or "Movies." When yous're washed, close Finder Preferences.

From now on, whatever fourth dimension you lot want to apace visit your Pictures folder, just open any Finder window and click the "Pictures" shortcut in the sidebar. (And now that you know where it is, y'all can also find your Photos Library with ease, if you lot ever need to.)

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