Desktop Folders Disappeared Mac Pro

Brand spanking new Mac Pro (latest model out)...Restarted my computer and all icons, folders, etc., disappeared from my desktop. How do I recover?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 11.4.1

Posted on Aug 9, 2018 12:02 PM

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Aug 10, 2018 12:12 PM in response to terrirhnee

If the above doesn't work, it might be a corrupt .plist.


Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.


Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.desktop.plist (depending on your OS version, this .plist may not exist). Move the .plists to your desktop.

Re-launch Finder by restarting the computer and test. If it works okay, delete the plists from the desktop. Then reset your preferences as desired.

If the same, return the .plists to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.


Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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