Apple - Shared devices not appearing in Network
I found a fix. I had the same problem after installing OS X Server.
Simply put, I did the following:
- Go to
~/Library/Preferences
and find the filecom.apple.sidebarlists.plist
- Copy the file for backup purposes and open original with Xcode
Leave the following items and delete the rest:
finderprojects
favoriteitems
systemitems
savedsearches
Go to the
Apple Menu > Force Quit...
and relaunch Finder (which really did nothing but I did it)- Shutdown/Restart your Mac so the changes to take full effect.
Now I can see my network devices under Shared in the sidebar.
I had the same missing shared device problem. I actually stumbled into a quick fix.
1) In Finder select "Go" then "Connect to Server"
2) in the dropdown list on the right side to the right of the server address there's a drop-down icon. I clicked on it and it showed a "Recent Servers" list. I figured I'd see if an old connection would work. I clicked on one of the "Recent Servers" and it worked. (I didn't have to put afp://> or IP addr. or anything in the server address field)
3) weirdly/magically/cosmically, the "Shared" section in Finder instantly re-populated itself with the other missing devices I used to see on my network. All of them.
Don't ask me why, but I don't feel like wasting any more time on it and it was super easy. Perhaps it forced a refresh of the plist or something.....
A much simpler way is to delete the plist, reboot and reconfigure. I have the same problem after upgrading to 10.11 and this fixed it.
- Go to:
~/Library/Preferences
- Move the file named
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
(andcom.apple.sidebarlists.plist.lockfile
if there is one) to the Trash. - Reboot.
The plist will regenerate and you can go to Finder > Preferences > Sidebar to reconfigure.