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Desktop Files Disappeared

All my desktop files disappeared. How do I get them back? (My operating system is macOS Catalina Version 10.15.7)

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 26, 2022 1:07 PM

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Posted on Feb 26, 2022 1:23 PM

Gardengal128 wrote:

All my desktop files disappeared. How do I get them back? (My operating system is macOS Catalina Version 10.15.7)


Verify you are logged into the correct account, from the Apple in the upper left

>Log Out > this should be your username


See if they ended up in iCloud>Desktops and Documents



if by default iCloud Drive got turned on— look for your files there.

iCloud drive missing desktop and documents


Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985


Set up iCloud Drive - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204025


How to Restore Your Desktop and Documents After Disabling ...

https://www.howtogeek.com/273629/how-to-restore-your-desktop-and-documents-after-disabling-icloud-sync-in-macos-sierra/



How to find your Documents and Desktop folder contents after disabling ...

https://www.macworld.com/article/3396119/how-to-find-your-documents-and-desktop-folder-contents-after-disabling-icloud-sync.html

Finder>Go>Go to Folder>copy & paste:

~/iCloud Drive (Archive)


iCLoud Drive (Archive) - here you should find all your files





or Dropbox(?)

or OneDrive(?)

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Feb 26, 2022 1:23 PM in response to Gardengal128

Gardengal128 wrote:

All my desktop files disappeared. How do I get them back? (My operating system is macOS Catalina Version 10.15.7)


Verify you are logged into the correct account, from the Apple in the upper left

>Log Out > this should be your username


See if they ended up in iCloud>Desktops and Documents



if by default iCloud Drive got turned on— look for your files there.

iCloud drive missing desktop and documents


Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985


Set up iCloud Drive - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204025


How to Restore Your Desktop and Documents After Disabling ...

https://www.howtogeek.com/273629/how-to-restore-your-desktop-and-documents-after-disabling-icloud-sync-in-macos-sierra/



How to find your Documents and Desktop folder contents after disabling ...

https://www.macworld.com/article/3396119/how-to-find-your-documents-and-desktop-folder-contents-after-disabling-icloud-sync.html

Finder>Go>Go to Folder>copy & paste:

~/iCloud Drive (Archive)


iCLoud Drive (Archive) - here you should find all your files





or Dropbox(?)

or OneDrive(?)

Desktop Files Disappeared

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