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Finder relaunch deleted everything off desktop

My MacBook Air just relaunched finder and now everything is missing from my desktop and the rainbow curser won’t go away.


What do I do and how do I get all the stuff from my desktop back?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 7:04 PM

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Posted on Dec 22, 2020 6:48 AM

Force it to shut down and restart.

If Finder hasn't completed relaunching (hence the rainbow cursor), then it probably hasn't rebuilt the items on the Desktop.

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Finder relaunch deleted everything off desktop

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