I recently got a new 27" and wanted to test booting into my backupOS external.

It seemed to go ok, except that before I booted, I moved to some folders on the desktop to the right of the screen to show me visually that the backup would be up-- it's a visual que, that way I know I'm looking at yesterdays OS Desktop.

But after the boot, the desktop looked the same as the adjusted Mac HD pre boot from today.

I went back into Mac HD and the desktop folder is empty. Should it have the dozen or so items in there that I have on the desktop? Thanks.