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annacanalina Author

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My Icloud is full of my desktop files. I would like to have them only on my macbook and not on the cloud, how can I do? thx

Posted on Jun 8, 2023 1:15 PM

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muguy

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Posted on Jun 8, 2023 6:35 PM

Turn off Desktop and Documents.

System Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > iCloud Drive

Your files will then stop sync with iCloud. Your desktop and documents folder will be created anew and your old files in folders named "desktop" and "documents" in the iCloud Drive folder. Simply copy those back.

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