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Can anyone tell me why my iMac has suddenly started showing my macbook desktop instead of the original desktop? Original desktop shows as a folder

Can anyone tell me why my iMac has suddenly started showing my macbook desktop instead of the original desktop? Original desktop shows as a folder

Posted on Oct 5, 2019 9:37 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2019 2:19 PM

Do you have iCloud Dfrive enabled on both machines with Desktop and Documents enabled? Also do both machines use the same iCloud account?


This is a longshot but check to see how they are configured.


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Can anyone tell me why my iMac has suddenly started showing my macbook desktop instead of the original desktop? Original desktop shows as a folder

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