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Enable missing disclosure triangles in Finder

The problem is with the arrangement chosen for the list view.  Using any of the following methods, choose Arrange By | None : The View menu from menubar The gear icon in the Finder window The contextual menu (right + click mouse button) The Finder in Mac OS X is the application is always running and provides access to the file system of the computer.  This is the Windows Explorer on Windows systems, or something like Nautilus on Gnome -based Linux systems.  The primary interface is a folder paradigm that presents files and folders in a number of different views. On the Mac, these views are icons, list, columns, and Cover Flow .  To the Finder, the list view is a "stacked" presentation of the files with alternating background colors and a nice feature Apple calls a " disclosure triangle ."  This control is present on directory items, and when clicked, will either expand the listing to show a nested view of the contents of that folder or contract