Re-dwonloading my files on desktop

Every time I open my macbook my files that are already on icloud be re-downloading how can i stop that? As shown in the photo with the icloud icon beside the file

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 1:23 AM

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Eric Root

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Mar 13, 2021 12:13 PM in response to natz221

The iCloud that you see is just a link to download the files. The files haven't been downloaded.

natz221 Author

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Mar 13, 2021 1:01 PM in response to Eric Root

No, there is no new files and all the files are already downloaded

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