Where is Desktop?
I am now in Mac OS 13.0. Desktop no longer appears as a Location in a Finder window. I like having Desktop as a Location in Finder windows.
How do I get Desktop back in Locations in Finder windows?
Mac mini 2018 or later
I am now in Mac OS 13.0. Desktop no longer appears as a Location in a Finder window. I like having Desktop as a Location in Finder windows.
How do I get Desktop back in Locations in Finder windows?
Mac mini 2018 or later
Then you get to the desktop via the iCloud Drive icon in the Favorites of the sidebar.
I don't have the Desktop activated but only a couple of test folders but the process is the same:
You add the iCloud Drive to the sidebar in Finder's General settings:
Then you get to the desktop via the iCloud Drive icon in the Favorites of the sidebar.
I don't have the Desktop activated but only a couple of test folders but the process is the same:
You add the iCloud Drive to the sidebar in Finder's General settings:
It won't go. I can drag the Desktop folder into the various locations in the Locations, but I cannot get the Sidebar Locations to accept Desktop as a location. When I release the cursor, the Desktop folder snaps back to its place in my User window.
Now here is a new oddity. What I see in the Finder window is not what I see on the Desktop.
On the Desktop I have a few folders and two PDFs. When I open a Finder window to iCloud Drive>Desktop, I do not see the two PDFs. Instead I see the folders, a Word file, and an Excel file. On the Desktop I do not see the Word and Excel files.
What the heck is going on?
Further information here. After my last post, I created a new folder on the Desktop. This one I see there along with the other folders. But this new folder does not appear in the Finder window for iCloud Drive>Desktop. I am guessing that I would have to go through Safari to upload this folder to the iCloud Drive. If so, then I expect that, when I go through Safari to my iCloud Drive, I will likely find the Word and Excel documents that do not appear on the Desktop.
To me, this would mean that I have two Desktops, the one that I see in my monitor and the other in the iCloud Drive. It's very confusing.
Here is a related question. I am quite sure that I had had a different folder in Locations in the Sidebar of the Finder window. This particular folder is in my User account. It is a folder to which I have to go fairly often. Having it in Locations saves me the time in clicking on the "Macintosh HD" location and then navigating to the desired folder.
I would much like to have this user-account folder and the non-iCloud Desktop appear in Locations. Is that possible any more?
Now I do not see what I thought I had.
In my browser I go to iCloud.com> Your iCloud Storage. In there I have four items. Three are applications. One is Documents. None is Desktop.
In System Settings>iCloud I do not see either Desktop or Documents.
In Finder>iCloud>iCloud Drive the Desktop and Documents folders are there.
I went into iCloud.com and Ssytem Settings in order to remove Desktop and Documents from iCloud. I need those two folders more in Finder>Locations. Now I cannot find them.
What am I missing?
(I am now in OS 13.0.1.)
Then I would boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down - Intel Macs) or (How to Boot an M1 Mac into Recovery Mode) and reinstall the system. It won't overwrite your user data but, like with any big update or upgrade, it's wise to have a full and current backup of your drive.
What I did was to drag the contents out of iCloud>Desktop and iCloud>Documents to the respective Finder>Desktop and Finder>Documents on the separate Macs. I then deleted the two folders from iCloud, and I am where I wanted to be.
In a Finder window click on your user account or the boot drive icon. Navigate to the Users/Home folder, select the Desktop folder and drag it into the Finder Sidebar:
Go to your System/iCloud settings pane and see if iCloud Drive is enabled or not:
If it is lick on the arrow to the right of On and see if you have Documents & Desktop selected.
My iCloud Drive is on, but Desktop & Documents is not selected.
Do you have iCloud Drive enabled and with it the Documents and Desktop folders?
Yes.
Ah! There they are.
Yes, I do have two Desktops. One is in my user account; the other in iCloud Drive.
Where is Desktop?