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Desktop files and folders hidden for seemingly no reason

Hi,


I am now experiencing the exact same issue as in this case: Desktop files and folders hidden for seem… - Apple Community Have tried safe boot and that did not solve the issue.

I'm running macOS Sonoma 14.7 on an Intel MacBookPro. I wonder what process actually does this and if there is a bug in 14.7 that causes this to happen. I don't use iCloud Drive.

Any idea on how to troubleshoot or monitor some process when this happens?


To get the files visible again I run the command "chflags nohidden " but the files are not actually hidden as mentioned in the previous community thread so definitely something else going on.


Any suggestions appreciated. Except re-install of course ;-)


Thanks,

Andreas

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Sep 24, 2024 4:45 AM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2024 12:08 PM

Hey!


So I had a chat with Apple support on the phone a couple of the days ago and got connected to second line where we figured out that another app actually was to blame for the issue. In my case it was Parallels Toolbox which has a presentation mode and one of the features there is that it also hides the desktop icons.


I reported this issue to Parallels and they confirmed later on that this was the case and also a known issue. Their support helped me turn off this autohiding since it had this annoying bug with external screens. They are working on a fix for this.

I guess similar issues could happen with similar productivity tools such as this one.


I also used those commands until I got fed up and started digging deeper and checking all other possible apps and tools that could be doing this. And with Apple support we found the issue :-)


Hope this helps in future troubleshooting!

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Sep 29, 2024 12:08 PM in response to Estimated_Prophet

Hey!


So I had a chat with Apple support on the phone a couple of the days ago and got connected to second line where we figured out that another app actually was to blame for the issue. In my case it was Parallels Toolbox which has a presentation mode and one of the features there is that it also hides the desktop icons.


I reported this issue to Parallels and they confirmed later on that this was the case and also a known issue. Their support helped me turn off this autohiding since it had this annoying bug with external screens. They are working on a fix for this.

I guess similar issues could happen with similar productivity tools such as this one.


I also used those commands until I got fed up and started digging deeper and checking all other possible apps and tools that could be doing this. And with Apple support we found the issue :-)


Hope this helps in future troubleshooting!

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