Lost 'Downloads' folder?

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domlanic


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Somehow I contrived to lose/delete this item from the Menu; tried to drag it to the Dock and poof!- GONE. How to replace/recover it?
 
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If you dragged it from the Finder Sidebar, then it is still on your Mac. Open Finder, then Navigate to the Home Folder, in the Finder Sidebar, denoted by a House. Then in the corresponding Window in Finder, will be your Downloads Folder. Grab that and drag it to your Dock, and/or your Finder Sidebar again.

If the Home Folder isn't in the Sidebar, open Finder Preferences or ⌘, and then checkmark it and Downloads under Sidebar . . . . Hope this helps.

Oh, to explain, what went 'poof' was just a alias, and not your Downloads folder.
 
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Many thanks, problem solved.
 

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