Recover files to Desktop after losing them in ICloud

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?

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Posted on Oct 8, 2023 11:30 AM

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Oct 8, 2023 12:51 PM in response to muguy

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.

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