When you disable the feature, it makes hard links* to the files in iCloud Drive's local storage location and then deletes the files from the now-visible Desktop and Documents. Finder just makes it look like they are not there and in iCloud Drive instead. Your Desktop & Documents folders still reside where they were with the files in them. When you attempt to do that, it will warn you that you will be removing the files from iCloud Drive and they will only be available on your Mac.Īll of that moving is just obfuscation.It will also tell you that you can then move the files from iCloud Drive back into the Folders in your Home. It will warn you that if you disable it, the files will remain on iCloud Drive, but you will have Empty Desktop and Documents folders in your Home folder.The only way to get your Desktop and Documents folders showing again in your Home folder is to disable Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive. If you are not seeing them in the iCloud Drive section in the Sidebar, that is another matter that needs to be investigated (as others are trying to do). The Desktop & Documents folders now "appear" in iCloud Drive. You've enable Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive.
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