Sidebar not working correctly - using Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7

Have just swapped to Brave from Firefox. I imported bookmarks and passwords from Firefox. The only problems I find are that I have to open the sidebar every time I open Brave. Also when I have to open various + to get to the ones I want and they don’t stay open when closing the browser. Is there a solution? Plus, it didn’t import all the passwords.
Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7; Brave version 1.69.168 (can’t update either any further on my Mac).

Why do you “have to open the sidebar every time” that you open Brave Browser?

And, what are “various +” ?


Mostly reference material for anybody who stumbles upon the issue while looking for help with the older MacOS and older Brave Browser . . .


Where Brave Browser has usually been installed on the Mac:

/Applications/Brave Browser.app

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/Brave Browser ... .plist

/Users/username/Library/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Caches/com.brave.Browser/

/Users/username/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Brave Browser ... .crash

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.brave.Browser.plist

/Users/username/Library/Saved Application State/com.brave.Browser.savedState/

And the “Brave Browser … .diag” reports within:

/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

You might not find:

/Users/username/Library/BraveSoftware

. . . do not worry about that.

That information is a guide, in case you decide to completely remove the Brave Browser installation.


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