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All desktop files hidden after Monterey update

After launching Monterey, all my desktop files were invisible. Panic. It took a while to realize they were hidden, and Command-Shift-Period made them all visible. But none of these files or folders start with a period. And I don't want to see all the hidden files in every finder window. If I type Command-Shift-Period again, of course all the normally hidden files vanish, and so do all my desktop files. What's going on? How do I fix this?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 30, 2021 4:37 PM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Oct 30, 2021 4:46 PM

Check to see if you have iCloud Drive enabled and Desktop & Documents also. That would be in the System/Apple ID preference pane and then in the iCloud Drive Options pane.

Sometimes it gets enabled during a system upgrade or update.

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