How do I move my iCloud desktop back to the hard drive when drag and drop is not working?

I want to move my Desktop in iCloud back to the hard drive. Drag will not drop.





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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Mar 24, 2025 3:34 PM

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Mar 25, 2025 3:22 AM in response to swiftyj

As per this article Folders that come with your Mac - Apple Support

Important: Your home folder and certain other folders can’t be renamed. It’s best not to rename or move folders that came with your Mac. Many of these folders have special uses and are necessary for your Mac to function correctly.

Desktops and documents folders are synced with iCloud Drive , so are seen in finder > under iCloud section , they can never be dragged and dropped to another location like Macintosh HD under finder , even you try to move them they won't .

Even you right click on desktops folder there is no feature to move .

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How do I move my iCloud desktop back to the hard drive when drag and drop is not working?

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