Where have all my Pages documents gone?

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Where have all my Pages documents gone?

I have been paying $2.99/mo for years now and all my files are missing from my Mac. I create custom song sheets in Pages from free lyrics info I copy from websites. I then print them out and insert them into notebooks which I put on a music stand and use in my performances. I just went to print a song page for someone and my whole list of songs is gone.

I have searched my Mac completely. I have googled to see if there were suggestions but alas, no help. PLEASE help me recover these files...there are 70-80 of them. Why didn't my $2.99 storage plan protect these?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 11, 2025 11:29 AM

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VikingOSX

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Sep 11, 2025 12:56 PM in response to ned1818

Provided the list of songs were actually stored on your iCloud+ 200GB storage, and that they were deleted within the last 30 days, there is a means for you to recover them.

Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support

But understand that iCloud is simpy a storage convenience, not a true backup solution, and you should have been backing up your cherished content to another solution such as Time Machine to a local hard drive. Apple is not responsible for the indefinite preservation of your stored content. That is up to you.

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