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Lost icloud folder on Mac. By annoying misstake

By misstake, I was going to create a iCloud folder shortcut, to my desktop. "by just drag and drop"

Its now gone from finder. And not showing on the desktop..


The iCloud shareholder is there. Iphone has its iCloud and files.


I suspect its needed to be set up in finder some how.

Finder search docent show anything but the shared folder.

And cant find any info on how to proceed.


Ty in advance!

Mac mini, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 12:26 AM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2022 6:43 AM

Open finder from the dock > click on file on top menu bar > click

on new finder window , you can type shared folder name in its spotlight search , you can right click on the folder and copy it , close new finder window , again open normal finder window from the dock , in cloud drive > Documents right click and paste on the item .

See the article Narrow your search results on Mac - Apple Support


If searching your Mac returns unexpected results - Apple Support

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac – Apple Support ( applied if essential ) .

The second method to search is right click on finder > Go to folder , type shared folder .

Third method is right click on finder > find search this with Mac , click on drop down arrow of Kind select , again click on drop down arrow of Any it can be found and click on save .


Regarding opening of the shared folder see the article If you need permission to open an item on Mac - Apple Support

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Aug 9, 2022 6:43 AM in response to Zappix_the_original

Open finder from the dock > click on file on top menu bar > click

on new finder window , you can type shared folder name in its spotlight search , you can right click on the folder and copy it , close new finder window , again open normal finder window from the dock , in cloud drive > Documents right click and paste on the item .

See the article Narrow your search results on Mac - Apple Support


If searching your Mac returns unexpected results - Apple Support

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac – Apple Support ( applied if essential ) .

The second method to search is right click on finder > Go to folder , type shared folder .

Third method is right click on finder > find search this with Mac , click on drop down arrow of Kind select , again click on drop down arrow of Any it can be found and click on save .


Regarding opening of the shared folder see the article If you need permission to open an item on Mac - Apple Support

Lost icloud folder on Mac. By annoying misstake

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