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My documents are taking up so much space on my hard drive and I can't get them in my iCloud.

My documents are taking up so much space on my computer and I can

t get them on iCloud. I have plenty of space on iCloud


MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 16, 2022 2:48 PM

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Posted on Jun 17, 2022 3:18 AM

Click on finder > Locations > Again click on Macintosh HD > Users > your user name > iCloud Drive ( Archive ) > Documents > you can select files , copy them and paste over in finder > iCloud > Documents see the keyboard short articles Select items on your Mac screen - Apple Support

Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support

Make sure iCloud Drive and desktops and documents box is turned as on Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac and iOS devices - Apple Support

Note : if personal documents / folders are created in hard drive first transfer those files and then right click on them and delete ( the hard drive space will be reduced ) .




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Jun 17, 2022 3:18 AM in response to dottie194

Click on finder > Locations > Again click on Macintosh HD > Users > your user name > iCloud Drive ( Archive ) > Documents > you can select files , copy them and paste over in finder > iCloud > Documents see the keyboard short articles Select items on your Mac screen - Apple Support

Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support

Make sure iCloud Drive and desktops and documents box is turned as on Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac and iOS devices - Apple Support

Note : if personal documents / folders are created in hard drive first transfer those files and then right click on them and delete ( the hard drive space will be reduced ) .




My documents are taking up so much space on my hard drive and I can't get them in my iCloud.

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