Files app saving and sharing

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Files app saving and sharing

I just got a macbook, and I noticed that everything saved to the files app on my phone shows up in finder on my computer. What i am wondering is how do i turn this off, so files from my computer dont show up on my phone too because i want the two devices to be connected through icloud but unlike pictures there is no way to turn off file sharing. There is also the fact that whenever i take a screenshot of a web page on my phone, without even clicking “save to files” it still saves it to files when i dont want it to.

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 6:48 AM

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SravanKrA

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Dec 26, 2019 7:29 AM in response to Changemakesbetter.coolz

Turn OFF Desktop and Documents

Turn OFF Desktop and Documents on every Mac that you want to use with iCloud Drive.

From your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences. Click Apple ID, then click iCloud. On macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
Make sure that iCloud Drive is turned OFF.
Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
Choose Desktop & Documents Folders.
Click Done.

In the Finder, you'll see your Desktop and Documents folder in the iCloud section of your sidebar. If you add a second Mac Desktop, you'll find those files in the Desktop folder in iCloud Drive. A folder is created with the same name as your second Mac.

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