When I try to access the 'Desktop' and 'Downloads' folders from the finder, I get this message: "can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found".
I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and the issue seems to have cropped up after a recent update.
Can anyone explain the issue to me, as well as the solution?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14
SamiPink wrote:
When I try to access the 'Desktop' and 'Downloads' folders from the finder, I get this message: "can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found".
I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and the issue seems to have cropped up after a recent update.
Can anyone explain the issue to me, as well as the solution?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/53fce7ad-e904-405a-85ff-1dbd818cc50c
Did you try rebooting?
You can download directly and re-install the combo update on top of your existing macOS to sort anomalies.
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2028?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
SamiPink wrote:
When I try to access the 'Desktop' and 'Downloads' folders from the finder, I get this message: "can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found".
I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and the issue seems to have cropped up after a recent update.
Can anyone explain the issue to me, as well as the solution?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/53fce7ad-e904-405a-85ff-1dbd818cc50c
Did you try rebooting?
You can download directly and re-install the combo update on top of your existing macOS to sort anomalies.
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2028?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
One possibility is the folder you have selected in the Finder. It has nothing in it and the name is "?". Open the Finder window on your Home folder, Samiska. Are the two folders present? If not, then something odd has happened. If they are, then remove their respective entries in the Finder's sidebar and replace them with the actual folders.
Thanks. I figured that the default location for these folders had been switched to iCloud and hence these local folders had become redundant. Fixed it now.
Thanks. I figured that the default location for these folders had been switched to iCloud and hence these local folders had become redundant. Fixed it now.
'Desktop' and 'Downloads' folders malfunctioning
