I have a Mac mini (late 2014 with Monterey 12.6.8) I'm thinking about trading in. If I don't know where my documents are stored, how can I be sure I don't lose anything?
Mac mini, macOS 12.6
Documents on your Desktop are on your local disk (only), unless you have this turned on:
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Even if you have that turned on, and the documents have made it to iCloud Drive, it would be a good idea to make a local backup or two of all of your documents, on an external hard disk or disks, before trading in your Mac.
Documents on your Desktop are on your local disk (only), unless you have this turned on:
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Even if you have that turned on, and the documents have made it to iCloud Drive, it would be a good idea to make a local backup or two of all of your documents, on an external hard disk or disks, before trading in your Mac.
If your right-click on the Pages document and choose the Get Info menu item, that panel will show you where the document is located in the Where: path data.
For instance, here is a Pages document stored on iCloud Drive in a Date_impose folder:
Your documents are stored on your Mac. If you elected to optimize storage, then items may have been offloaded to iCloud; download those again.
When I see a Pages document icon on my desktop, where is it stored? My hard drive or icloud?
