Lost and confused with iCloud Drive (Archive)

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Lost and confused with iCloud Drive (Archive)

I'm befuddled by how iCloud is supposed to be working. I have it turned on for virtually everything (including Desktop and Documents). I also have an iCloud Drive (Archive) on my MBP. The latter has way more files than iCloud itself. Furthermore, documents I'm saving from various apps are going to the Archive folder instead of iCloud (where I have a ton of space). I'd like to do the following:

Synch the two environments (I have ChronoSync but it can't "see" the iCloud environment--it appears to only be able to deal with local storage)
Point apps to save files to iCloud
Remove the Archive folder
Caveat--Since there are folders that I don't want on iCloud (e.g., my Downloads folder), how can I preserve those locally?

Any advice would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 29, 2022 10:11 AM

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muguy

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Jan 29, 2022 11:44 AM in response to Nestor Holynskyj

You likely have a backup from switching on/off desktop and documents. You should see the Archive folder in iCloud.com files too.

Move everything from the archive document into iCloud Drive, desktop or documents.

Delete the archive folder

Be sure when saving, that you select iCloud Drive, desktop or documents and not the archive folder

Downloads does not sync to iCloud. Only items in iCloud Drive, desktop and documents sync.

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Lost and confused with iCloud Drive (Archive)

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