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By mistake, I moved a file in to a Finder window that I previously did a search in, so it was open on "All My Files" which is not really a folder. Yet when I moved the file in to this Finder window, the file disappeared from its original location. Now when I search for the file I cannot find it..
What happened to it?
I've just tried to repeat what you did, the folder ended up in the Documents folder. Instead of using locate it might be easier to use the search functionality included in the Finder directly (or Spotlight) to look for it.
Go to the Finder Preferences, go to the Sidebar tab, and then make sure the "All My Files" box is checked:
Best Answer
The file most assuredly ended up in your home directory somewhere. I was able to replicate your problem and the file I dropped there ended up in my
Documentsdirectory.If you don't see it in
Documents, try searching for the file by name with Spotlight. Lastly, if that doesn't work, try issuing the following command in Terminal.app: