I tried to add files to cloud but realized too late, if I turned cloud off, I would lose files on my Mac book desktop. I'm trying to recover those files. I went to ICloud's file recovery and it's showing 5gb max usage but I'm unable to see anything there. It states that I have no files to recover. Is there a different way to get around this and recover the files back to the desktop?
Thanks
If you sync desktop and documents, your files sync to iCloud and remain on your Mac.
if you subsequently turn off desktop and documents, new desktop and documents folders are created on the Mac. Your old files remain in iCloud and are accessible in iCloud Drive.
Hi Muguy,
Thanks for your reply. I did exactly that and my iCloud reads that I have only a few files but not any files that I"ve added that are older than 30 days. Should I sync my mac back to iCloud? I was concerned when iCloud was full it would impact my desktop. (I'm not deeply tech savvy). If it doesn't matter if iCloud is connected I'll add it back.
Thanks
Check iCloud Drive on your Mac. You should see desktop and documents folders (there may be some name variant) but those “old” items simply move to the new folder. You’re not recovering anything, just moving. The files were not deleted.
Ok, thanks
Yes, yes. I see. I found everything. Thanks again
Recover files to Desktop after losing them in ICloud
