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I wiped my macbook pro and reinstalled OS High Sierra. why did all of my desktop icons come back?

I wiped my macbook pro and reinstalled OS High Sierra. why did all of my desktop icons come back? I thought it would have a clean slate...

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 25, 2020 2:10 PM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2020 11:21 AM

It could be that iCloud Drive was enabled?

Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad - Apple Support

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I wiped my macbook pro and reinstalled OS High Sierra. why did all of my desktop icons come back?

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