CHANGING WHERE A DOCUMENT IS STORED

I downloaded Microsoft word and excel for Mac on my MacBook Air. It auto saves documents to the cloud when I want to save them on my laptop. How to change the setup?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 21, 2023 3:10 PM

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Nov 21, 2023 3:24 PM in response to KJW1129

Change the location in the File > Save dialog when you save a file.


If your File > Save dialog looks like the following, click the "On My Mac" button to allow you to change the location to a folder on your Mac.

Once you have changed that, future use of the save dialog should automatically default to on your Mac until such time as you change it back to online locations.




You can then select and existing folder on your Mac to save it to by using the field shown by the top red arrow (or select a folder in the sidebar) or you can create a new folder on your Mac by clicking where the bottom red arrow is pointing.


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CHANGING WHERE A DOCUMENT IS STORED

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