I have a Macbook 2019 model. It automatically updated to Sequoia and now my download folder is EMPTY!! Where are the files? There were hundreds of files in there! How do I find them? HELP!!!!!
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0
Do you have "Remove items from the Trash after 30 days" enabled in Finder > Settings…?
Where do you keep your backup(s)?
Assuming you have Time Machine set up you should be able to recover most if not all the files.
Turn off "Automatic Updates" System Settings > General > Software Update.
Trying to find out why it did that, and does that mean it erased or deleted any other files? Why on earth would an Apple systems update delete an entire folder of files? The DOWNLOAD folder! I'm no techie, but this seems like a basic thing.
FWIW, I should mention, we have Seven Macs here and updating/upgrading has never emptied any folders. Something went wrong with your update. Perhaps you have something installed that caused the problem. Just to add, you might want to set Time Machine to backup once an hour so you don't lose more than an hour's worth of work.
No, that feature is not selected. The notify before emptying trash button is selected.
I do Time Machine backups on an external hard drive, but I haven't backed up in a week or two.
It also erased all my browser settings, cleared all my open windows, etc.
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Patrik-Ian wrote:
I do Time Machine backups on an external hard drive, but I haven't backed up in a week or two.
You should always backup before you do an update/upgrade.
I didn't tell it to update. Is there a way to tell it NOT to automatically update anything?
HELP! Sequoia emptied my download folder!!!
