small update: I was able to launch my old projects successfully after moving them to the disk instead of icloud drive and opening the project file in the project folder. I also launched the simulator and ran the application with relative ease. Phew what a relief! I was starting to think my work was all lost. :)

Thanks for the tips! I moved the folder to my hard disk. I think I'm having a hard time understanding what a git repo is exactly or how it all works, despite the 20 YouTube videos I've watched :(. Every time I think I understand it it's I get confused again. I really wish I had some friends in the industry that I could turn to for answers so I appreciate your help. Even with this printout I don't understand it enough to answer your question. I do see the fourth line down that says .git but I can't find that exact file or know what it means. I feel like I keep digging a bigger hole with this and don't know how to get myself out. Lol. Thanks again. Please help