My understanding was that turning on the Documents and Desktop option would copy those files/folders to iCloud while also retaining them on my Mac. When I turned it on, they no longer appear to be on my Mac, only on iCloud. What am I doing wrong?
macOS Sierra (10.12)
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Thanks Becky - so the files are actually deleted off the Mac when they are first copied up to the iCloud Drive? So, the have actual copies that reside on the Mac, they need to then be copied back to the Mac? I thought from my reading that they could be on the Mac and on the iCloud both and synced together - but apparently not?
I have the option enabled, there is no longer a Documents folder showing up in my User folder on my Mac - only in iCloud. If I try to drag the Documents folder on iCloud into my User folder in my Mac, it will not copy. If I try to make a new folder in my User folder called Documents, it tells me that that name is already in use. Is there still a Documents folder residing on my Mac that has now been made invisible by Sierra?
Turn on Desktop and Documents
Turn on Desktop and Documents on every Mac that you want to use with iCloud Drive.
- From your Mac, go to Apple menu
> System Preferences > iCloud.
- Make sure that iCloud Drive is turned on.
- Next to iCloud Drive, click Options.
- Choose Desktop & Documents Folders.
- Click Done.
In Finder, your Desktop and Documents folders move out of Favorites and into the iCloud section of your sidebar.
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
So, with the Option turned on to use the iCloud for Desktop and Documents, the documents are stored ONLY on the Cloud and not locally on my Mac?
Documents both iCloud and Local?
