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<blockquote data-quote="yogi" data-source="post: 410623" data-attributes="member: 8542"><p>You didn't mess anything up, don't worry. You just removed an Alias to your home folder (similar to a shortcut in Windows) from the sidebar in the Finder. </p><p></p><p>The sidebar holds your favourite locations for quick access, and you can customize it as you wish.</p><p></p><p>To get the icon back, double-click on your Macintosh HD and go to the "Users" folder. Then drag your "home folder" back to the sidebar.</p><p></p><p>The dock is also just a bunch of aliases, not really the application itself. </p><p></p><p>If you want a shortcut to your home folder on the desktop, go to the aforementioned users folder and right click on the home icon, select "Make Alias". You can now drag this out to the desktop and it won't go "poof" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28Mac_OS%29" target="_blank">More about Aliases on Wikipedia</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yogi, post: 410623, member: 8542"] You didn't mess anything up, don't worry. You just removed an Alias to your home folder (similar to a shortcut in Windows) from the sidebar in the Finder. The sidebar holds your favourite locations for quick access, and you can customize it as you wish. To get the icon back, double-click on your Macintosh HD and go to the "Users" folder. Then drag your "home folder" back to the sidebar. The dock is also just a bunch of aliases, not really the application itself. If you want a shortcut to your home folder on the desktop, go to the aforementioned users folder and right click on the home icon, select "Make Alias". You can now drag this out to the desktop and it won't go "poof" :-). [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28Mac_OS%29"]More about Aliases on Wikipedia[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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