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Hi y’all, I’m having this incredibly frustrating issue with my mac that I just cant seem to figure out. I have an m1 2020 Mac mini running Monterey 12.6.2. I have iCloud syncing my mac mini and my macbook; specifically the Documents, Desktop and Application folders. As of a few months ago, I...

Hi all, I am having an issue where I am unable to view my iCloud files on my MacBook. This issue is very weird because the files are showing in the Recents tab in Finder, but not in the proper iCloud Drive folder. My iCloud is working on all of my other devices just fine, just not my Mac. I...

I'm running out of space in iCloud and since iCloud Drive doesn't let you manually sync specific folders in your documents or desktop folders, I decided to unsync the whole lot via Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive. However, if I untick desktop and documents in here, my Mac removes all files from...

I have my desktop and documents folders setup to sync with iCloud. Can I move the documents folder to a different drive (internal SSD) and still have it sync with iCloud? Thanks for your help.

So, I checked the "Optimize Mac Storage" without even thinking about what actually iCloud would do to my computer. There was NO WARNING that my files stored locally on the desktop and in the documents folder would be DELETED from my machine and uploaded to iCloud Drive. I have backups of...

Excuse me if that has been answered already, just point me to the right thread, as my search did not lead to any useful results. I started to use iCloud Drive to synchronise Desktop & Documents folders. Is there a way to separate them? I'm happy to have backup of my Documents in the cloud, but...

Hi there I am using iCloud to sync my stuff across four devices. Since I also use the iCloud Photo Library I have a 200GB storage plan. A few days ago I got a notice that my storage is almost full. However, all my stuff in iCloud sums up to only about 150GB. If a go to the iCloud tab on a Mac...

Hi there, I currently have an iMac running up to date Sierra and most of my files are stored on iCloud Documents and Desktop. My desktop computer always keeps a copy of all my files locally. I also have a laptop that mostly manages its own Documents and Desktop storage. My systems are also...

I'm am debating on installing the Mac OS Sierra public beta. All the new features look great. I held off on installing it because I didn't want to deal with bugs. This is the 7th update. How stable is it? I have a early 2015 iMac. I am a photographer, so I need my all of my Adobe software to...