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I would like to save an excel doc to my desk but for some reason it will only give me options for iCloud.
I have gone to the Systems preference and clicked iCloud icon and gone to change the Desktop & documents folder from being ticked, but unticking this will remove the files on my desktop which is not what i want to do. SO how do i change this back so i can save documents to desktop in future while still saving to the iCloud. Thanks
MacBook
When you activate iCloud for Desktop and Documents the files are synced with iCloud. The files are available on both locations: locally (on your Mac, for example the Desktop folder as you want) and on iCloud which is synced with other devices using the same Apple ID.
Some apps available on iOS and macOS leverage on iCloud Drive having a specific "folder" to store the files and preferences (Pages app, for example). You can still save the created files in other folders (like Desktop), though.
Now, I don't use Excel, anyway when a new file is created it should be possible to save on your Desktop (or wherever you want). Of course the Desktop is shown as part of iCloud if the syncing is activated. Any file saved on your Desktop will be synced with iCloud storage.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985
When you activate iCloud for Desktop and Documents the files are synced with iCloud. The files are available on both locations: locally (on your Mac, for example the Desktop folder as you want) and on iCloud which is synced with other devices using the same Apple ID.
Some apps available on iOS and macOS leverage on iCloud Drive having a specific "folder" to store the files and preferences (Pages app, for example). You can still save the created files in other folders (like Desktop), though.
Now, I don't use Excel, anyway when a new file is created it should be possible to save on your Desktop (or wherever you want). Of course the Desktop is shown as part of iCloud if the syncing is activated. Any file saved on your Desktop will be synced with iCloud storage.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206985
saving to desktop
