10.7: Move Computer to top of the Finder Sidebar

While it's possible to move a folder or drive to Favorites in the Finder Sidebar there's no obvious way to put your Computer in the Favorites section.


I like to have my Computer at the top of the Sidebar. Here's how using Terminal and TextEdit.

Convert ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist to XML and open it:

plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
open -a TextEdit ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Find Computer. It should look something like this:

 <string>Computer</string>
      <key>SpecialID</string>
      <integer>8399481092</integer>
      <key>Visibility</string>
      <string>NeverVisi ...

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