desktop documents disappear

My device is Macbook pro 2017 (without touch bar). This morning I found all the documents on my desktop disappear which worked normally last night. Those 40GB documents are very very important to me. Has anyone experienced the same issue? :( Plz kindly give me some suggestions.

Posted on Aug 15, 2019 10:46 PM

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K Shaffer

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Aug 16, 2019 1:15 AM in response to Yvesng

You could see if Safe mode on startup could help; this can be useful

as a troubleshooting measure, it can also be good for minor self-fix.

• Use 'safe mode' to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

And to restart normally, returns Mac from Safe mode.

Good luck & happy trails!🌞

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