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enovikoff
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Desktop files have disappeared from my Mac desktop, yet again - but visible in my Mac backup folder

This has happened to me many times, and each time I fixed it by laboriously looking for missing files on my Mac and restoring them from an attached backup drive.  However, I don't have access to that...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi enovikoff, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

You can try these steps to restore the backup from the Dropbox site onto your current machine..

 

If you need any further assistance, please let me know.

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