I know this has been asked and answered in 2017-8 but wonder if there's a more current work around to copying all my doc & desktop files to an external drive, unsyncing icloud and then restoring docs etc to my macbook. What a major pain!
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If you mean that you want to turn off iCloud Drive Desktop and Documents, see the following from Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them.
> System Preferences > iCloud.If you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud, you have the option to keep a local copy of your files that are in iCloud Drive. Whether you decide to keep a local copy or not, a new Desktop and Documents folder is created in your home folder. If you choose to keep a local copy, your files in iCloud Drive are copied to a folder called iCloud Drive (Archive) in your home folder. Then you have the option to move any files that were in your iCloud Desktop and Documents, back to your new local Desktop and Documents.
If you mean that you want to turn off iCloud Drive Desktop and Documents, see the following from Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them.
> System Preferences > iCloud.If you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud, you have the option to keep a local copy of your files that are in iCloud Drive. Whether you decide to keep a local copy or not, a new Desktop and Documents folder is created in your home folder. If you choose to keep a local copy, your files in iCloud Drive are copied to a folder called iCloud Drive (Archive) in your home folder. Then you have the option to move any files that were in your iCloud Desktop and Documents, back to your new local Desktop and Documents.
Thanks for your response. I don't want to save to icloud, I want to save on my local computers. I have both an Imac pro and macbook pro. If I want to save my docs to my local computers where will i find the Icloud drive (archive) folder? Where is my home folder actually?
Go to the Finder Sidebar/Favorites and look for a house with a name next to it. That is your home folder. The archive should be a separate folder in the home folder. If you don't see the house, go to Finder/Preferences/Sidebar/Favorites and check it.
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