iCloud is using too much storage on my Macbook?
Hi, I have a MacBook Pro and I am a design student which means that I use a lot of heavy files on Photoshop, Rhino, etc. I have a 2 terabyte plan on iCloud connected with my desktop and documents. I would like to know what is the purpose of using iCloud if it's still taking more than 250gb of storage from my 500fb storage on the MacBook. I understand that it's an automatic system but is there a way to decide what to store only on the cloud without taking space on my macbook? It can happen that the system needs more memory to run some tasks and it can't because of all that space occupied by iCloud and it's becoming frustrating.
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14