Finder Sidebar Editor
Python module for easily adding, removing, and moving favorites on the Finder sidebar in the context of the logged in user.
Based on the work by robperc in robperc/FinderSidebarEditor.
Installation
Install the PyPI package using pip:
pip install finder-sidebar-editor
Example usage
from finder_sidebar_editor import FinderSidebar # Import the module
sidebar = FinderSidebar() # Create a Finder sidebar instance to act on.
sidebar.remove("All My Files") # Remove 'All My Files' favorite from sidebar
sidebar.remove("iCloud") # Remove 'iCloud' favorite from sidebar
sidebar.add("/Library") # Add '/Library' favorite to sidebar
sidebar.add("/SomeShare", uri="smb://shares") # Mount 'smb://shares/SomeShare' to '/Volumes/SomeShare' and add as favorite to sidebar
sidebar.add("/SomeOtherShare", uri="afp://username:pw@server") # Mount pw protected 'afp://server/SomeOtherShare' to '/Volumes/SomeOtherShare' and add as favorite to sidebar
sidebar.move("Library", "Applications") # Move 'Library' favorite to slot just below 'Applications'