Desktop files gone after Sequoia update.

I have the same issue. Every day the files and folders are disappearing. I am unhide all of them from Windows Parallels, except symlinks - that cannot be unhiden. Next day are gone again.

Very annoying issue.

Unfortunately this doesn't work on my end.

I don't use iCloud file sync since several OS versions.

I have parallels (just updated) but I did not understand where to find " file/folder properties in Parallels - Windows 11 - File Explorer (removed Read Only and Hidden attributes). "

I tried to isolate the virtual machine but the problem persists.

Many thanks for your help,

G

Recent Parallels update didn't fix but wondering if Parallels know about the issue. Still all over the place with me (15.0.1). Was fine this morning when I logged in and then they all disappeared. Not sure what I was doing so can't tie it down.

I also have done this and my desktop re-appeared, However, when I re-started my Mac Book, the desktop disappeared again. I have checked all teh start up settings and this should not happen. Any ideas?

Don't think it's only a Parallels thing. I have a Mah Jong game which hid all the files as soon as I opened it, although it only happened once, and happens at other random times. Think there might be some other or additional cause.

What a pain, I do not use Parallels but I have the same problem. I did not set this up like this. Now I am being told by AI that I have to use my Time Machine to recover my data from iCloud and go into recovery mode to put the documents and desktop folders back on my Mac. I am using the latest OS (Sequoia 15.2) on a Mac mini M4.

This happened after upgrading to Sequoia. I'll have to check my Mac mini M2 to see if the same thing has happened to it after installing Sequoia.

I have spent a number of hours working on various Apple issues during the last few days. It's beginning to feel like Microsoft days again. What's going on Apple?

I think I will disconnect my external data drives before I try this procedure as a precaution. I'll also check the last backup date. I'm losing time to get things actually done on these computers. Curses!

I'll reply to my own post above. When I checked my iCloud settings I see that iCloud Drive is turned on and Desktop Documents and Folders are turned on as well. Since I have a copy of these two items on a flash drive, I'm going to see what happens if I keep iCloud Drive synced for my Contacts and Calendar and so forth but uncheck Desktop and Documents Folders. I have 5 Macs and I have consolidated the Document and Download folders onto an external SSD. I don't see the value in synching all 5 computers in this way. What would happen I wonder if they all were trying this at the same time? As far as the desktop folders are concerned. I may have to download the data to a flash drive from iCloud first and then keep the data there until I have this mess worked out.

What if my other Apple Silicon machines are set up this way after the Sequoia upgrade? We'll see. More wasted time.

Same issue on my end. Does apple testing these updates before releasing?

Thanks worked for me too. Still rather ridiculous for the update to do that but the work around worked thankfully.

Mine is not related to iCloud drive.

Thanks, Andy! It was driving me nuts!

Only one teensy problem with this solution. We end up seeing files like thumbs.db and desktop.ini which need to be hidden again.

Nope, it's not just a Sequoia issue. I solved the problem using the Terminal command posted above, but I've had this issue since Ventura. Same exact problem, and likely same cause.

This worked! Thanks