Total screwup with my iCloud backups

[StarShot]

I've been having a world of hurt with my iCloud signin so I got the NOT so brilliant to get another iCloud sign-in. In doing so, a window popped up about backups. That "drilled" on and on and I finally canceled it.

So now I'm logged on to my new iCloud account and ALL my desktop notes, etc have vanished. I did see a note that my backups were on other devices that I have. So I checked my iPad and there is nearly 5gb of stuff there.

Is there any way to transfer that backup (different icloud account) to my MBA? For the moment, I can't sign into the icloud account that my iPad uses. According to Apple, I'm on a 24 hour hold and tomorrow morning I may be able to sign back into that account. If so, hoping my backups reappear.

 

[davidmartindale]

What you described is not related to iCloud backups, it is related to iCloud Drive for Desktop and Documents.

You have a couple options.
A: AirDrop the files from your iPad to the MacBook Air
B: Wait and sign into iCloud on the MacBook Air in System Preferences
C: Wait and sign into iCloud.com on the MacBook Air and download from iCloud Drive

 

[StarShot]

Overreaction on my part. I was able to assess ALL my desktop folders with the Time Machine and also Finder/iCloud. BIG sigh of relief!!!

 

[davidmartindale]

Overreaction on my part. I was able to assess ALL my desktop folders with the Time Machine and also Finder/iCloud. BIG sigh of relief!!!

Nice! Gotta love Time Machine lol