reveal document or show original shows home folder?

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davecotter OP

Created Apr ’22

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I have an alias on my desktop

the alias points to a file deep inside my user's documents folder

i can double click the alias and the original opens as expected.

but when i right click it and pick "show original", the finder opens my home folder, with nothing selected, not the document's containing folder with the document selected.

same thing happens if i open the document then command-click the icon in the titlebar of the window, (which reveals a popup menu with the path to the document), and pull down to the document's containing folder: the finder reveals only my home folder.

what? why?

Answered by davecotter in 751478022

solution here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/422307/the-open-folder-command-in-terminal-and-the-reveal-file-in-finder-option-a

tl;dr: enter this in Terminal

rm ~&#x2F;Library&#x2F;Preferences&#x2F;com.apple.finder.plist

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davec_adobe OP

Apr ’22

this is happening on all my computers running Monterey

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davecotter OP

Apr ’23

Accepted Answer

solution here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/422307/the-open-folder-command-in-terminal-and-the-reveal-file-in-finder-option-a

tl;dr: enter this in Terminal

rm ~&#x2F;Library&#x2F;Preferences&#x2F;com.apple.finder.plist

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