macbook pro documents and downloads disappear!!

[prim]

can someone please be nice enough to help me? so my macbook pro froze and i turned it off the wrong way. i held down the power button until it shutdown. then i turned it back on and when i did, my desktop background reverted to the original mac desktop background and all my documents and downloads files disappeared? i didn't rename the system and i didn't mess with any of the settings. my documents and downloads are just gone and i'm so worried! however, my memory space remains the same so i was thinking that the documents are still in there? i'm new to macs so i don't really know. does anybody know how i can get those documents and downloads back? or why this even happened?

 

[darknite38]

Go to the top right of your mac and click on the magnifying glass

Type in "downloads"
Dont click on the folder yet -

--> Click on show all
--> Type in "downloads" again in the new window that appeared
--> Find the folder downloads
--> Drag to the bottom
--> Repeat for any other item

Please tell me if this solved your problem, or if there is something else.

 

[Stvwndr219]

Go to the top right of your mac and click on the magnifying glass

Type in "downloads"
Dont click on the folder yet -

--> Click on show all
--> Type in "downloads" again in the new window that appeared
--> Find the folder downloads
--> Drag to the bottom
--> Repeat for any other item

Please tell me if this solved your problem, or if there is something else.

This. You could also type in the name of a file you knew was in there to see where it may have moved to.

 

[barmann]

Maybe try system preferences - user and make sure you are in the right account .