Hi,
Out of sudden, I lost my icon on my desktop and in My Documents folder. When I try to search using Spotlight Search the folders were there, but when I opened it with Finder I could find the folders. Does anyone ever encounter the same problem? Please help
MacBook Air 13″, 10.15
You can try relaunching the Finder:
>Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch
How to force an app to quit on your Mac - Apple Support
Are you using iCloud Drive Desktop & Documents?
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple ...
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They were not wiped out, they were copied to iCloud, presumably because you said so...
If that is not what you want, do this:
1) Press command-shift-H in the Finder to open your home folder
2) Make two new folders in there, call them something significant like "MY Documents" and "MY Desktop".
3) Copy everything from the Documents folder in your iCloud Drive to "MY Documents" and likewise for the Desktop.
4) Open System Preferences->Internet Accounts, and click on iCloud. Click the Options... button:
UNCHECK this box:
Confirm.
5) Now you can copy everything from "MY Documents" to your "Documents" folder, and similarly for the Desktop.
Luis,
Thank you so much!
You probably set Documents and Desktop in iCloud.
Click on iCloud Drive in the Sidebar. Do you see Documents there? Desktop there?
Yes, Luis.
I found out that those files are from iCloud. Do you have any idea how does all the files and folders in Desktop and Document suddenly got wiped out?
Yes, Leroy.
I just found out that those files are from iCloud. I am not sure how to do all the files, and folders in Desktop and Documents got wiped out.
Folders Missing From Desktop and Documents
