HELP! My files and folders have disappeared. I have looked in the desktop folder within my user folder and they aren't there either. Searched in Spotlight for some of the files (that I can remember) . . . not there either. Finally, I have checked in terminal. . . . not shown there either.
What happened? Where did they go? Can they be recovered? Unfortunately, I do not have a backup.
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Me too (3123) Me too Me too (3123) Me too Reply Question marked as Top-ranking reply User level: Level 8 42,584 pointsPosted on Mar 25, 2017 12:44 AM
Check your iCloud settings in System Preferences> iCloud>iCloud Drive options
you have probably elected to have Desktop and Document files kept on iCloud.
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Question marked as Top-ranking reply User level: Level 8 42,584 pointsCheck your iCloud settings in System Preferences> iCloud>iCloud Drive options
you have probably elected to have Desktop and Document files kept on iCloud.
Show more Less User level: Level 10 684,393 pointsTry quitting System Preferences using the menu Force quit if necessary.
Copy the files from iCloud Drive to a folder other than Documents and the Desktop. Go to System Preferences/iCloud/iCloud Drive/Options and turn off syncing or if you want to sync, turn off Optimization . Rearrange the files as desired. If desired, you can then delete the files from iCloud if syncing is turned off.
Show more Less User level: Level 10 684,393 pointsGo to System Preferences/iCloud/iCloud Drive/Options - do you have Documents and Desktop syncing turned on with Optimization selected?
Show more Less User level: Level 1I did this, too, only I don't have any room left on my dropbox and searches do not show the folder -- which is all my documents in a master folder. I can't imagine it is gone forever, but please. . . any suggestions?
Show more Less User level: Level 1Hi, can you explain exactly what you did? thanks
Show more Less User level: Level 3 769 pointsWhat changed recently? Files don't just disappear on their own. Did you turn on iCloud Drive? Check the trash? Someone else have access to or use your machine?
Show more Less User level: Level 1I am in the same boat. No backup. It started when I saw "uninstall.app" for Yahoo It wasn't the classic Yahoo symbol, however, but rather a generic- looking black & white hexagon that said read, "uninstall.app" and "uninstall Yahoo search engine". I uninstalled it and my desktop files disappeared.
A month or so ago Yahoo ( and MacKeeper, for that matter) installed themselves on my computer. Don't know how that happened.