Elisa Scalabrin

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Q: How to save documents only on icloud

Hi everyone!

Do you know how can I save my documents only on the icloud without having them on my device?

I'm paying for an icloud storage but my device is full anyway because all my documents are both save on the icloud and on the device.

Sorry for my english and thank you all

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Oct 4, 2016 3:24 AM

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by léonie,

léonie Oct 4, 2016 3:49 AM in response to Elisa Scalabrin
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Oct 4, 2016 3:49 AM in response to Elisa Scalabrin

You can do that, if you upgrade to macOS 10.12 Sierra. Then you can upload your Desktop folder and the Documents folder to iCloud, and if you enable "Optimize Storage" older documents will be removed from your Mac and only stored in iCloud. See this support document: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996

This option is not available in OS X El Capitan.
There the only way to have the documents only in iCloud would be to disable iCloud Drive on your Mac and to use only the web interface at www.icloud.com. But that would be very inconvenient, because you would no longer see iCloud Drive as a device in the Finder.
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by psycho802,

psycho802 Oct 4, 2016 4:00 AM in response to Elisa Scalabrin
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Oct 4, 2016 4:00 AM in response to Elisa Scalabrin

You might want to check iCloud Drive FAQ - Apple Support
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