Storage
How do I get more storage on my Macbook Air? I want to transfer all of my documents onto Icloud... is there a restart button to do this? I have plenty of space in my icloud (I just bought more storage)
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.12
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See the following from Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
The files that you keep in iCloud Drive use your iCloud storage. And as long as you have enough space in iCloud and on your device, you can store as many files as you like.
If you need more space on your device, iCloud Drive can help. On your Mac, go to Apple menu 
> System Preferences > iCloud. Next to iCloud Drive, click Options and turn on Optimize Mac Storage. Then your Mac keeps all of your recent files on your computer, but keeps your older ones only in iCloud, ready for you to download when you need them again. If you want to free up more space on your Mac, follow these steps. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can search and browse files from all of your devices and download them only as you need them.
You can also free up space on your device and in iCloud Drive when you delete files. Then go to your Recently Deleted folder in the Files app or on iCloud.com and delete the files there. Before you delete anything, make sure that you back up the files that you still want. When you use iCloud Drive and delete a file on one device, it deletes on your other devices too. iCloud removes the files from every device that you're signed in to with the same Apple ID.
There is also an optimize option in iCloud Photos. See: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support