Missing files

Suddenly files are missing from my documents--word, photos and excel files. Any idea where to look for them?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 6, 2021 06:46 PM

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Owl-53

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Posted on Sep 7, 2021 06:40 AM

A Time Machine Backup is very useful for your situation and can be used to Revert to Previous Working macOS.

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Sep 7, 2021 06:40 AM in response to Treelady2

A Time Machine Backup is very useful for your situation and can be used to Revert to Previous Working macOS.

Sep 6, 2021 06:49 PM in response to Treelady2

Did you enable iCloud recently? If so, look in your iDrive.

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