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Lost the download folder

I've lost my downloads folder, wasn't in the dock, I was draging it to the dock and let go too soon. Now I can't find it anywhere.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 2:02 PM

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Oct 27, 2020 6:43 AM in response to Eau Rouge

As a bit of instruction know that what you drag into the Dock is not the real Downloads folder. Neither are the apps in the Dock. Those icons are aliases (Apple’s term for them) of the real items. Windows people know them as shortcuts. They are just pointers to the real thing. If you accidentally delete them no big deal, just drag them back like Eau Rouge told you.

Lost the download folder

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