Saving documents on the hard drive... not iCloud

Hello Gail. This is the second time this has happened to me in that I find a post and look for replies but they are not there. Then when I am done with my "rant" as you will call it, suddenly there are a large number of replies.

I do apologize for my post that you will see somewhere here. You do have some great information on how iCloud works, even though it doesn't make it any more logical. I do wish I could have found your post before going through what I went through this winter. Creating that file prior to everything being taken to iCloud would have saved hours, days, of frustration.

It my post there is a suggestion for just that, how about a folder that lets us upload the files we want in the cloud. Even if there was choice of either "Desktop" or Documents."

Also, it is important to note that the file created must not be on the Desktop or in Documents and that you have to go to "Home" to create it. If there had been a dialog box prior to turning on iCloud explaining what was about to happen to my files and folders in Desktop and Documents, and that I could create a folder to keep that from happening, well, I'd be happier. And, I'd like to have faith in my OS of choice once again.

I will read through your posts as you do have a lot of great information there. Perhaps the answer to the question that I had several hours ago is there!

Thank you.

I just tried this on my iMac and what happened was just the opposite of what you stated - my documents and desktop folder (as viewed in finder) moved from the desktop to the iCloud drive!

Is there any way to use Pages on my local iMac drive and not have it on iCloud?

Hallelujah!!! That's what I'm saying. I work with a lot of temporary video files. I don't need iCloud to back up 30GB every evening. The part that I love, if you're thinking of turning off the iCloud for now, is how it says "the items WILL BE REMOVED???" what planet are we on? don't remove anything for Christ sake. just stop backing everything up and tying up my internet connection. I'm trying to play Xbox here.

I just bought the new MacBook Pro without Touch Bar and I have tried doing this but with my old MacBook Pro I was able to save to either iCloud or to my laptop. I do not want to delete my iCloud off of my laptop but I also do not want to pay more for my iCloud storage just to save my documents from keynote. I am a college student and am going to be saving a ton of work and this is why I bought the 256gb thinking it would run the same way as my old MacBook Pro. Any suggestions?

Where is the MacBook Pro hard drive to make a special folder? I am afraid to turn it off, make a copy and then it is not there. I too am out of space and very confused as to where my documents are saving.

sysmom wrote:

I keep trying to move the folder that is super important over to my hard drive and it will not allow me to do so. any help would be great.

What folder are you trying to move? Where are you trying to move it from? Where are you trying to move it to? What does "will not allow" you mean?

Cheers,

GB

Same here. I am so angry. I JUST found out this entire time my computer (that I spent extra money for extra space o my hard drive) has been saving ALL my documents to iCloud. I don't use iCloud and I have signed out of it twice but it keeps asking me to log on. And then when I do it pops up "out of space". So I was so sick and tired of the popups I logged out again and all my documents are gone! It never saved any of my documents to the computer. I should have listened to my Husband and bought a PC. Macs are not what they used to me. I am so frustrated.

How can I create folders on imac or mac? I want this folder to be somewhere else other than desktop or documents. (I would like to save documents under a different folder than desktop or documents - otherwise they will be automatically saved to icloud drive.)

thanks!

There are a couple of very helpful responses to this same question that show up (for me) on the previous page of this thread. They explain how to make sure your hard drive is visible and the steps to create the folders outside of the Documents folder.

Thank you for your response. My question was actually different. I do not want to turn off iCloud for desktop and documents. I would like to be able to create folders on the computer that are not going to be under neither desktop nor documents. I hope you have an answer for me.

It is obvious that Apple is continuing to do all it can to force users to use the iCloud by making it difficult to us it incrementally. Eventually everyone will get a message like I am now saying that iCloud is full and you must upgrade to the $9.95 level (or I expect you will lose your desktop.) I have 2 TB drive with only about 450 MB on it, I do not use iCloud Drive and I still get a message that iCloud is full and I should upgrade. I wonder. if iCloud backs up the Trash folder?

SPARKey6

It is obvious that Apple is continuing to do all it can to force users to use the iCloud by making it difficult to us it incrementally.

Nonsense.

iCloud is full and you must upgrade to the $9.95 level

Must? You can also exercise your right to choose and find another service that suits your needs.

I wonder. if iCloud backs up the Trash folder?

No. iCloud Drive has no access to your trash folder. It also does not back up anything on a Mac.

It syncs selected data & content between your Mac and iCloud. It is not considered a backup.

mikeooooo wrote:

It is obvious that Apple is continuing to do all it can to force users to use the iCloud by making it difficult to us it incrementally. Eventually everyone will get a message like I am now saying that iCloud is full and you must upgrade to the $9.95 level (or I expect you will lose your desktop.) I have 2 TB drive with only about 450 MB on it, I do not use iCloud Drive and I still get a message that iCloud is full and I should upgrade. I wonder. if iCloud backs up the Trash folder?

SPARKey6

Can you please explain what you are referring to when you state that you have a 2TB drive with only about 450 MB on it and you still get a message that iCloud is full? Do you mean you have the 2TB iCloud Storage option? If so, what is the exact message you are getting about it being full? Are you certain that it is not a message telling you that your iPhone or iOS device storage is full? Please provide complete information about your situation (without the speculation about what it means), and maybe we can help to clear some things up for you.

GB

When I click on the "face" --- the finder icon in the dock as you suggest, I get a folder called "Recents" with an icon that looks like a washboard and a list of last opened files with dates. What is going on. I have never seen the menu you say I should see --- a house, music, pictures etc. I am operating an iMac 2017 desktop with Mac OS version10.13.3

mike000000

Addendum to previous message: I can bring up the "house" icon labeled with name of my 2TB internal drive that lets me see folders for "Creative Cloud Files" and iCloud Drive (Archive). Both is these folders are empty and no size is shown.

mike000000