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
It is strange, next to impossible, how did you wipe it?
Did you migrate anything afterwards?
Oh wait, was/is your Home folder on another drive?
A screenshot of my desktop? The items I had previously saved to my desktop like a copy of my Resume' and other things just showed back up. AFTER the wipe was completed and OS High Sierra was reinstalled. How is that possible? Should I wipe it again? Strange
Thanks for the reply.
Hmmm, do you have a screenshot?
It should be like new if erased?
It could be that iCloud Drive was enabled?
Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad - Apple Support
I did not migrate anything afterwards. I just reinstalled the OS and did nothing else.
Likely MJ has you covered.
I think that's the problem. I must not have disabled icloud drive. But it appears that the desktop icons were the only things that came back. I'll try the wipe again and see what happens.
thx for the replies and help!
I wiped my macbook pro and reinstalled OS High Sierra. why did all of my desktop icons come back?
