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The Apple Finder Policy lets you manage Finder display preferences on macOS devices, including desktop icons, sidebar visibility, and file display settings.

Supported Platforms: macOS Minimum System Requirements: macOS 10.7+

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Use this policy to standardize how Finder appears across your managed Mac fleet. You can control which items appear on the desktop, configure sidebar behavior, and manage file visibility settings — all remotely through Swif.

All settings are boolean (true/false). Defaults are shown below.

Navigate to Policies in your Swif dashboard.

Create or edit a policy and select Apple Finder Policy.

Assign the policy to the appropriate device group.

1. Navigate to Policies in your Swif dashboard.
2. Create or edit a policy and select Apple Finder Policy.
3. Configure the desired settings.
4. Assign the policy to the appropriate device group.
5. Save and deploy.

Security-conscious environments — Enable Show All Files so admins and users can see hidden files that may pose a risk.

Clean desktop enforcement — Disable desktop icons for external drives and servers to reduce clutter.

Storage hygiene — Enable Remove Old Trash Items to automatically clear trash after 30 days and reclaim disk space.

- Security-conscious environments — Enable Show All Files so admins and users can see hidden files that may pose a risk.
- Clean desktop enforcement — Disable desktop icons for external drives and servers to reduce clutter.
- Storage hygiene — Enable Remove Old Trash Items to automatically clear trash after 30 days and reclaim disk space.

All settings default to <code>true</code>. Toggle any setting to <code>false</code> to disable it.

Changes are applied on the next policy sync with the device.

This policy applies to macOS 10.7 and later.

- All settings default to <code>true</code>. Toggle any setting to <code>false</code> to disable it.
- Changes are applied on the next policy sync with the device.
- This policy applies to macOS 10.7 and later.

Apple Finder Policy

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Setting	Description	Default
Show All Files	Show hidden files in Finder.	`true`

Setting	Description	Default
Show External Drives On Desktop	Show external hard drives on the desktop.	`true`
Show Hard Drives On Desktop	Show internal hard drives on the desktop.	`true`
Show Mounted Servers On Desktop	Show mounted servers on the desktop.	`true`

Setting	Description	Default
Remove Old Trash Items	Automatically remove items from the Trash after 30 days.	`true`

Setting	Description	Default
Show Sidebar	Show the Finder sidebar.	`true`
Show Recent Tags	Show recent tags in the Finder sidebar.	`true`
Sidebar Devices Expanded	Keep the Devices section expanded in the Finder sidebar.	`true`
Sidebar Places Expanded	Keep the Places section expanded in the Finder sidebar.	`true`

Apple Finder Policy

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Policy Settings

File Visibility

Desktop Icons

Trash

Sidebar

How to Apply This Policy

Common Use Cases

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