When I save to Desktop, It shows in finder as on desktop but it's not actually there.

Since upgrading to Sonoma I have had a really weird problem. If I see an image on the web, I would simply right-click>save image as> then to my desktop where it would immediately appear.


Now when I do this, it will not appear but it will show in the finder. Even then, in the finder, I cannot drag or move it to the desktop. I can find the file in my "recent" folder and can get to it that way however, when I drag it to my desktop, it will make the "ding" sound that it has moved there but nothing shows up.


Is anyone else having this issue?

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Nov 4, 2023 2:09 PM

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When I save to Desktop, It shows in finder as on desktop but it's not actually there.

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