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Q: ICloud affects mac storage
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Dec 13, 2014 4:06 PMby FoxFifth,If they are showing in Finder in iCloud Drive, they are taking space on your Mac.
A source of more information on iCloud Drive: https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/icloud-drive/
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Dec 13, 2014 4:08 PMby léonie,iCloud Drive will keep a shadow copy of all documents and folders you store in iCloud also on the devices that are using iCloud Drive.
You will need as much space locally for the shadow copies in your user library as you are using on iCloud drive.
See: iCloud Drive FAQ; iCloud Drive is not only a central storage, it is updating the files across all devices.
