My macbook delated a folder from desktop

[oscarpe]

Hello guys!

So today morning after I turned on my macbook and was about to start work, I noticed that one folder from my desktop was gone, with all the files in it. I cant find any of the files or the folder by using spotlight, nowhere to be found in finder, these were work files, so I even tried using data recovery software - no success. The same thing happened to me a few months ago, when my macbook decided to get rid of one of the desktop folders too.

What causes it? Is there a way to recover them? Its macbook pro 2017, high sierra.

Thanks

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

Do you have iCloud sync activated for your Desktop?

 

[oscarpe]

Do you have iCloud sync activated for your Desktop?

no, I don't

 

[Gregg2]

Hope you find the files, but...
Lesson learned?
Don't keep a folder with important files on the Desktop!
Keep the folder in Documents. Make an alias of it and put that on the Desktop.

 

[oscarpe]

Hope you find the files, but...
Lesson learned?
Don't keep a folder with important files on the Desktop!
Keep the folder in Documents. Make an alias of it and put that on the Desktop.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...
I am going to listen to your advise, plus I am going to upload everything on cloud today + I ordered an extra WD hard drive to keep my stuff there.

Anyway, any ideas what caused it? Why did my mac delete files by himself?

 

[Fishrrman]

"Anyway, any ideas what caused it? Why did my mac delete files by himself?"

The Mac wouldn't "delete it by itself".
Something you did affected the file.
Can't say what it was.
Sometimes "a false, inadvertent move" is enough.
Once in a while, I've done something like that myself.
But I tend to keep loads of folders on my desktop.

Having said that...
I NEVER use "the documents folder".
In fact I just checked it while typing this, and it has a total of 41k of stuff in it. That's 41 kilobytes.
But I have archived files going back to 1986, immediately accessible after 32 years.

That's because I organize my archived files well (they're right here for immediate access) and back them up.

For backing up, I recommend either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.
Both are free to download and try for 30 days.
Both will create a BOOTABLE cloned backup of your internal drive.
You can mount it right on the desktop, and it will be an EXACT COPY of your internal drive.