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I have just updated my imac to Monterey 12.1 and have lost my past dowloads in my download folder. Now only goes back to May 2021. Anyway to get this back?

Hi,

I have just updated my imac to macOS Monterey 12.1 and have lost my past dowloads in my download folder.


The folder now only goes back to May 2021.


Have lost important files etc.


Anyway to get this back please?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 11, 2022 9:05 AM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2022 9:10 AM

Yes, use your Time Machine backup to restore the files you need. I would recommend sorting your downloads folder by date first so when you go to restore you can easily select the files you need to restore.

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I have just updated my imac to Monterey 12.1 and have lost my past dowloads in my download folder. Now only goes back to May 2021. Anyway to get this back?

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