User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hi, my Macbook Pro is configured with iCloud for backup and recently many of my files is shouwing as invicieble and many are lost. How do I retrive the lost files
Posted on Oct 26, 2026 1:31 AM
User level: Level 10 (87,747 points)Oct 26, 2026 8:15 AM in response to clearchannel-dxb
You back up your Mac using Time Machine not iCloud. iCloud provides file synchronization not back up. Here is a description of Time Machine and iCloud:
How to back up your Mac - Apple Support
User level: Level 10 (208,430 points)Oct 26, 2026 10:25 AM in response to clearchannel-dxb
clearchannel-dxb wrote:
Hi, my Macbook Pro is configured with iCloud for backup and recently many of my files is shouwing as invicieble and many are lost. How do I retrive the lost files
As mentioned iCloud is a sync service not a viable backup strategy...
If you value your user data
3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.
More than one device, more than one backup methodology— and backup regularly.
Time machine is built in software—if it is turned on you have limited Local backups
About Time Machine local snapshots on Mac - Apple Support
further
—Back up your Mac Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
it is advised not to wait for some catastrophic failure before you get the backup religion.
User level: Level 6 (8,142 points)Oct 26, 2026 1:33 AM in response to clearchannel-dxb
There is no iCloud backup for Macs. What exactly has happened?
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 26, 2026 2:06 AM in response to Zurarczurx
Most of the files are missing in folders, when I used the keyboard short cut Shift+Command+1 it appears and again vanishing. After I shut down my laptop, the missing files appears and some of them disappears again. It is very weird to see this happening
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256383096