icloud-where is my original document stored
I set up icloud on my macbook pro today.
In my Finder window, lefthand pane, this automatically setup an icloud heading, under which are 1. icloud, 2. Documents, and 3. Desktop. Documents and Desktop were formerly under my Favorites with other places located on my physical hard drive.
When I look at the Get Info for files that originated on the hard drive, the location is now in a root directory under icloud.
The question is: Were my files physically moved off of my computer? If yes, why?? If no, how do you or I know this??
Thank you
macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), 2.9 Mhz i7, 8GB MEM, 1TB HDD