annettepeyton

Q: Documents MOVED to iCloud

Wow, I just realized, with the new upgrade to Sierra, my Documents folder was MOVED to iCloud. I thought I did quite a lot of reading about the new upgrade before actually doing it, and I don't recall EVER reading that this would occur. I know it said contents of my desktop would be available on all my devices but I don't recall ever reading that my documents folder would me MOVED. Was this written somewhere in Apple's documentation?

 

If not, I would like to express my disappointment that Apple would automatically do this rather than make it an option that I could select IF I wanted to do it. I am an Apple fan, I love their products, do all my work on apple products and have all my memories stored in apple products, but I find this lack of disclosure appalling.  Was this just a way to get people to sign up for more storage?

 

There are many reasons I need my design documents, fonts, customer files, stored on my computer rather than in a cloud so I really wish we were given the opportunity to make this selection, rather than have it made for us.

 

Just needed to vent my disappointment in this issue.

 

Annette

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 1:21 PM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 26, 2016 1:27 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:27 PM in response to annettepeyton

    I thought it was clear that if you turned Documents and data on your files would be moved, not copied.

     

    Just download them back to your Mac, and turn Documents etc off.

  • by think.different,

    think.different think.different Sep 26, 2016 1:37 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:37 PM in response to annettepeyton

    I too would have thought that they would have been synced (like dropbox) to iCloud rather than moved.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to think.different
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to think.different

    iCloud has always done things its own way, and Dropbox et al have always existed as an alternative way.

  • by annettepeyton,

    annettepeyton annettepeyton Sep 26, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:40 PM in response to Csound1

    That is the point, "if I turn on documents & data", but it was automatically done for me. My documents were moved. And No, it wasn't clear. I read several blogs from apple and other outside sources and it was never clear. It should have been an option, if I wanted to store all my documents in the cloud, I could. My beef is that the decision was made for us. I sometimes work from a motorhome and don't always have internet connection. So if I'm working remotely and don't have access to my customers files, I'm screwed!  I'm just glad today, while I'm in my home office, I happened to notice my icloud storage is almost full, which is why I started looking into this issue and found out my documents were no longer in my computer. So for the past week, my documents haven't been backed up to my desktop hard-drive OR crashplan. Sorry, I don't want to put all my customers documents and my beloved memories, ONLY in the hands of apple!

     

    I really think this was a stupid way of handling this feature.

  • by woodmeister50,

    woodmeister50 woodmeister50 Sep 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:44 PM in response to annettepeyton

    Do you have this box checked:

    Screen Shot 2016-09-26 at 4.42.05 PM.png

     

    I think this solves your issue.

  • by think.different,

    think.different think.different Sep 26, 2016 1:43 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:43 PM in response to annettepeyton

    This features wasn't turned on automatically for me, it's off now and was off ever since I did an over the top update to Sierra.

     

    Maybe a corrupted pref file on your machine during the update?

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Sep 26, 2016 1:46 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:46 PM in response to annettepeyton

    The files have not been moved into the cloud. The documents folder was moved into the iCloud drive folder on your Mac. All of the files are still local unless you opted to optimize storage and are low enough on disk space that it's begun to delete the local coped. They are synchronized to iCloud. Copies exist in both places. In addition, if you have other Macs signed in with the same iCloud account and have enabled that option, the files will be synced down to those as well. The files are also available to any iOS devices you have, although they are not automatically synced down to the device due to space limitation.

  • by think.different,

    think.different think.different Sep 26, 2016 1:48 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:48 PM in response to KiltedTim

    So it does work in the same way as Dropbox et al. Synced not moved?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 26, 2016 1:50 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:50 PM in response to annettepeyton

    Are saying that when you turned iCloud on it automatically turned Documents and Data on without you choosing to?

  • by annettepeyton,

    annettepeyton annettepeyton Sep 26, 2016 1:51 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:51 PM in response to KiltedTim

    No, my files were not resident on my macbook anymore. I just had to move them back from icloud to my hard drive.

  • by annettepeyton,

    annettepeyton annettepeyton Sep 26, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Csound1

    Yes, that's what happened. Last Thursday I installed the new operating system and today, I realized everything that was in my Documents folder had been moved, it was no longer resident on my macbook.

  • by annettepeyton,

    annettepeyton annettepeyton Sep 26, 2016 2:06 PM in response to KiltedTim
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    Sep 26, 2016 2:06 PM in response to KiltedTim

    I did have optimize disk space checked, (also done for me, it was automatically checked) but I have plenty of storage on my mac. When I went to open a file that was normally on my mac, there were no files there. I didn't even have a "Documents" file anymore, I had to re-create one in order to move my files back to my mac.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 26, 2016 2:09 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 2:09 PM in response to annettepeyton

    It probably was, in a hidden folder so that iCloud could sync to it, hidden folders do not show up in spotlight

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 26, 2016 2:12 PM in response to annettepeyton
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    Sep 26, 2016 2:12 PM in response to annettepeyton

    iCloud Drive documents are also stored on the Mac's hard drive in the Users/Home/Library/Mobile Documents folder.

    Finder001.jpg

    The are accessable from the iCloud Drive icon in the Finder's sidebar:

    Finder002.jpg

    That way you have access to the even if you don't have an internet connection.

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