I inadvertently created a shortcut to the desktop on the desktop and deleted that. In the process, I lost all the data on my desktop. How can I recover it? I tried undo several times but that didn't work. It is also not in the trash.
Please help!!!!
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0
If you deleted just the shortcut, there should be no data loss.
In Finder, press Command-Shift-D. What do you see? There should be a window showing the contents of your Desktop. If it is indeed empty, check first under iCloud Drive - so many users have activated "Documents and Desktop in iCloud" without realizing it.
If your data is not to be found in either of these places, then you must get it from a backup, just as muguy said.
If you deleted just the shortcut, there should be no data loss.
In Finder, press Command-Shift-D. What do you see? There should be a window showing the contents of your Desktop. If it is indeed empty, check first under iCloud Drive - so many users have activated "Documents and Desktop in iCloud" without realizing it.
If your data is not to be found in either of these places, then you must get it from a backup, just as muguy said.
You'll likely need to recover from your backup. Try searching for the name of a file that you know was in the location.
Thank you! Thank you! It worked!!!!
Bless you
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