How can I move documents from iCloud and keep them on my computer?
How can I move documents from iCloud and keep them on my computer?
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If you have iCloud Drive turned on (without the Desktop and Documents option) you can use Finder to move them; open a Finder window, use the "Go" menu at the top of the screen to go to iCloud Drive and move them out of the iCloud Drive folder to another folder the same way as you move any other files on your Mac.
If you have the Desktop an Documents option turned on and want to stop using that, 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.
- From your Mac, go to Apple menu
> System Preferences > iCloud. - Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
- Deselect Desktop & Documents Folders.
- Click Done.
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.