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Somewhere I clicked something related to iCloud storage and it started to store everything from my laptop onto iCloud. Naturally it ran out of space. I do not want to buy more storage, I just want to manage storage. I only want to store photos in iCloud. How to turn this function off?
Thanks.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13
See the articles .
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
Save space on your MacBook Air - Apple Support
How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support
Find and delete files on your Mac - Apple Support
You don't need to turn off applications box Turn iCloud features on or off - Apple Support
See the articles .
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
Save space on your MacBook Air - Apple Support
How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support
Find and delete files on your Mac - Apple Support
You don't need to turn off applications box Turn iCloud features on or off - Apple Support
I want to remove all docs from iCloud.
See the last paragraph of the article Work with folders and files in iCloud Drive - Apple Support
You can't back up only photos to iCloud , its only checking and unchecking the box of photos in Mac system preferences when you uncheck the box syncing stops , but it doesn't mean the old photos that were saved in iCloud still occupies iCloud space they do , however new photos if you try to upload will not get saved .
The better ways is keep on the basic default settings turned as on , either move documents to another location or reduce the iCloud data by deleting them or upgrade the storage plan .
Thanks but still confused. I began by mistakenly clicking a function that automatically uploads all of my laptop data to the iCloud. I do not want this to happen. I only want photos backed up to the iCloud.
I tried "Turn iCloud features on or off" but then the warning prompt is "If you turn off iCloud Drive, all documents stored in iCloud will be removed from this Mac." I don't want to remove from the laptop, I want to remove all docs from iCloud.
The Finder window is set up differently now and indicates that its trying to upload to iCloud (storage is full) but I don't want this to happen.
How do I stop storing in iCloud? How to turn this function off?
