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Prince Hal Author

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iCloud Duplicate Files

How do I prevent iCloud from making duplicate files?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Jan 8, 2023 5:53 PM

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tygb

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Posted on Jan 8, 2023 7:48 PM

When files are duplicated in iCloud Drive , right click on duplicate file and click on remove download .

Also when you are saving files choose a different location rather than iCloud Drive Work with files and folders in iCloud Drive – Apple Support

This will prevent duplicating of files in Mac and will stop syncing the duplicate file when other devices like iPhone , iPad are signed in with same Apple ID and password on the same network with Mac , in which iCloud Drive is turned as on .

See the articles Work with files and folders in iCloud Drive – Apple Support

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