On my MBP (14", m1), all desktop-icons in the finder have disappeared after installing Sequoia 15.01. However, this occured only a few days after the upgrade. "Fun" fact: when hiding all windows in Finder (ctrl-option-down arrow), the icons pop up, only to get lost when the windows are unhidden. Help please!
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.0
This worked! "Show Items" enabled "On Desktop" and "In Stage Manager" in System Settings > Desktop & Dock" did the trick and everything showed up on Desktop. Makes me wonder how that got turned off --- Thank you so much dialabrain!
This worked! "Show Items" enabled "On Desktop" and "In Stage Manager" in System Settings > Desktop & Dock" did the trick and everything showed up on Desktop. Makes me wonder how that got turned off --- Thank you so much dialabrain!
Do you have "Show Items" enabled "On Desktop" and "In Stage Manager" in System Settings > Desktop & Dock? If so, try toggling them off then on again.
Boot into Restore mode,CMD+r keys...
Look at top of screen for Utilities menu...
In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.
Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.
You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…
https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx
Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?
We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...
Using EtreCheck - Apple Community
EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.
Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.
Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…
Slow iMac 2017 - Apple Community
Robbbbbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee wrote:
Don't forget to click on Finder in the Dock to relaunch it.
When you choose Force Quit > Finder > Relaunch, or choose "Relaunch" by holding the option key and right clicking on the Finder Icon in the Dock, the Finder automatically relaunches. Hence the term "Relaunch".
Robbbbbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee wrote:
You are so smart.
True
It didn't launch until I clicked on it in the dock. Hence my suggestion to relaunch.
If you have a Finder window open it will reopen after "Relaunch". If not, it will open a new Finder window when you click on the Finder icon.
Let's see what this does for us...
Delete this file & restart...
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.DigiDNA.iMazing2Mac.Mini.plist
~ tilde indicates your home folder
Apple hid the Users' Library folders...
Method 1:
1 From the Finder, select the Go menu at top of the screen, and choose Go to Folder.
2 In the window that opens, enter ~/Library/LaunchAgents, and click Go.
Runnning Disk First Aid in restore mode wasn't helping, here is Etrecheck's report, thanks a lot for looking into this.
That happened to me last night. I went to the Apple Logo in the menu bar > Force Quit > Finder > Relaunch.
I had to do this twice..... And then they came back.
Thanks, I'll try and report back.
Good luck!
Don't forget to click on Finder in the Dock to relaunch it.
You are so smart.
It didn't launch until I clicked on it in the dock. Hence my suggestion to relaunch.
I tried Force quit 3 times to no avail, I also started the macbook in safe mode, and I ran Onyx to tidy up the whole thing. Still no success. I'm looking around a bit more, this is such an annoyance.
You're most welcome.
macos Sequoia: Desktop icons are gone
