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  • September 21, 2016
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What's the best way to go about this? I saw people recommending mysides but xcode hates me and I can't compile it for some reason. Can someone put it up on dropbox or something? https://github.com/mosen/mysides

Conversely is there a way to remove finder sidebar items using sfltool? If there is i'm not seeing a way. Thanks!

Best answer by djdavetrouble

i run this once per user per computer scoped at login.

/usr/local/bin/mysides remove All My Files file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/
/usr/local/bin/mysides remove iCloud x-apple-finder:icloud
/usr/local/bin/mysides remove domain-AirDrop nwnode://domain-AirDrop
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Desktop
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Documents
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Downloads
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Movies
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Music
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Pictures
touch /Users/$3/.sidebarshortcuts
killall cfprefsd
sleep 1
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :networkbrowser:CustomListProperties:com.apple.NetworkBrowser.backToMyMacEnabled bool False" /Users/$3/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :networkbrowser:CustomListProperties:com.apple.NetworkBrowser.bonjourEnabled bool False" /Users/$3/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

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    scottb
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    • scottb
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    • September 21, 2016

    @cpizanias

    Here is a good thread with a few options.

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    • djdavetrouble
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    • Answer
    • September 21, 2016

    i run this once per user per computer scoped at login.

    /usr/local/bin/mysides remove All My Files file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/
/usr/local/bin/mysides remove iCloud x-apple-finder:icloud
/usr/local/bin/mysides remove domain-AirDrop nwnode://domain-AirDrop
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Desktop
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Documents
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Downloads
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Movies
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Music
/usr/bin/sfltool add-item com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteItems file:///Users/$3/Pictures
touch /Users/$3/.sidebarshortcuts
killall cfprefsd
sleep 1
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :networkbrowser:CustomListProperties:com.apple.NetworkBrowser.backToMyMacEnabled bool False" /Users/$3/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :networkbrowser:CustomListProperties:com.apple.NetworkBrowser.bonjourEnabled bool False" /Users/$3/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
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    • djdavetrouble
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    • September 21, 2016

    there is a pkg on the releases page:
    https://github.com/mosen/mysides/releases

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    • cpizanias
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    • September 21, 2016

    Thanks all!

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    • FranckS
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    • February 13, 2017

    Hi.
    Did you find any instructions to build this project ?
    I've downloaded it and built Products > mysides (so it is "black").
    Then I launch the provided Makefile script but it fails to put the binary in a package and then in a disk image.
    So I've done a Control-Click on Products > mysides, then "Show in Finder" so I can grab the binary from a Xcode debug folder.
    Do you have any hints to make the building normal ?
    Best regards.
    Franck.

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    • cpizanias
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    • February 15, 2017

    @francksartori I couldn't figure it out either so what I did was find the recipe for it on Autopkg and used it that way.

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    • FranckS
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    • February 15, 2017

    Hi.
    See also : https://github.com/mosen/mysides/issues/6
    Unfortunately, the binary is not reliably usable.
    Best regards.

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    • JayDuff
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    • May 2, 2017

    Is there any reason NOT to use Composer's User Environment > Sidebar feature? Then you check FEU and FUT and deploy on first boot.

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    • Wakko
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    • June 8, 2017

    @JayDuff I 100% agree with you. Why load something else up when you can do it this tried and proven way.

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    • L3nny5
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    • February 15, 2018

    Does using Composer's User Environment > Sidebar feature still work for you? For me it only adds some of the changes I made. Custom folders never work...

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    • rgerman
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    • September 28, 2018

    More problems with the script... looks like my rm command is throwing errors.

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    • rgerman
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    • October 1, 2018

    x

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    • jamesdh
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    • April 1, 2019

    For anyone still following this or coming here via the Googles, I've gone ahead and added mysides to homebrew casks

    Installing should be as easy as...

    brew cask install mysides

    Cheers!

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