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Old Shrimp Author

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Lost files while trying to back up documents into iCloud

Last night I tried to back up all my files from my Mac as I want to buy a new Mac. It was taking hours and hours so I tried to stop iCloud from backing up. I think I did this:

In "System Preference" I clicked the little apple ID icon
Then in "Apps on this Mac using iCloud" I unticked "Desk top and Documents" and "Optimise mac storage" (I don't think it had finished backing up my files)
This bought up a warning that my documents will no longer be on the desktop but in the cloud.
I thought this was OK and that any documents not yet in the cloud would stay on my computer.
BUT all my files and folders on my computer are gone and a lot of folders and files are not in the cloud either.
On my computer I re-ticked "Desk top and Documents" (made sure all the boxes were ticked in the "Options" box next to it and re-ticked "Optimise mac storage" But still there are no files or document on my computer.

HELP!!

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Feb 12, 2021 9:43 PM

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Old Shrimp Author

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Feb 12, 2021 11:16 PM

I found my files!!!!

On my Mac I clicked on "Finder"
Clicked on my name with the little house next to it
Clicked on "iCloud Drive (Archive)" and there they were!!
I just selected & copied them all and pasted the into a folder on my Mac.

YAH!!

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