iCloud Syncing now over limit?? Delete items?

It looks like its even moved a folder from my sidebar which was nothing to do with iCloud?

Either in trying to back up the M1 Max? or having a folder of the same name??

No idea?

My work folder has now dissapeard from the sidebar and can't find it?

how do i put all this back?

I've found some of the folders and files in the Trash, as I guess it was backing up to iCloud and I deleted them, to try and stop it syncing.

I guess it only stopped as its run out of its 50Gb limit.

Anyone know how to put these files back, and stop it from syncing, so that i get some iCloud space back, and delete the files I didn't want on iCloud?

What a nightmare.

thanks

Yes i turned off syncing Desktop and Documents, as soon as i realised so about 10 seconds, but it carried on and probably still is carrying on, syncing! i've just run out of space so it stopped!!

A nightmare morning if i'm honest with iCloud.!!!

I have found some of my files in the Trash, as I tried to stop it syncing by deleting the folders from iCloud.

Why isnt' there a simple STOP SYNCING when you've made a mistake?

Now my files are all over, some missing, some in the trash?

No idea whats going on. I usually don't mind iCloud just to put a few files on there, but this has now put me off.

I think I will have to go through everything to try and put it back if i can find it?

How do i now delete and stop syncing the Desktop and Documents folders its determined to sync?

I've logged into the online iCloud account to delete directly from there, but still after doing this it says i'm 50Gb and FULL

When does it acknowledge the deleted items and go back to 20Gb of 50Gb used etc?

Thanks, but what a faff!

I do have a simple Google Cloud Storage so I guess I could put some things to there as back up.

I now think I maybe should reformat my Mac once everything is backed up? (something I was thinking about anyway as projects have mounted up)

I have an internal 8TB SSD from Apple, but am now down to 3TB! so I need to clear out space anyway

I think iCloud tried to back all of this up to my 50GB subscription! which I didn't need it to!

I'm on MacOS 14.6.1 so could upgrade that too.

Is there a simple way to either wipe a Macbook Pro M1 Max, or reformat so its clean, and I install only what i need again?

Right so it seems on my iPhone and Macbook Pro M1 Max that I have recovered some of the space back.

I now have 21GB free.

Desktop & Documents were turned off I'm sure but iCloud still has Desktop & Documents folders in it?

My problem is that I have an old Macbook Pro i7 Intel and the newer Macbook Pro M1 Max using the same iCloud

I can't tell from iCloud, which Documents for example, for programs, come from which machine?

So i daren't delete anything?

Secondly, if I do delete things now that I don't need, on the M1 Max using the APFS format, (instead of a full reformat) do the deleted items just leave the HD and space is brought back straight away?

Yes i did this. The switch is off

No dates in iCloud on any of the files, in the Get info which is really helpful!