How do I recover lost desktop icons on my iMac after syncing with iPad?

I was looking for a way to synchronize my Mac with my iPad when I agreed to some thing incorrectly and lost most of my desktop icons. I have 3 new directories that have appeared "Desktop - iMac", "Desktop - iMac-2", "Desktiop - iMac - 3" with 80, 100 and 74 items respectively.

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iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 17, 2025 05:47 PM

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rkaufmann87

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May 17, 2025 07:22 PM in response to CrowieChris

You use your Time Machine backup to restore the files.

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