I want to opt out of iCloud

[jacqueg]

Bought a new laptop and installed yosemite. I have an iPhone 5. Thought I would try iCloud, but it used up my iPhone data allowance *way* too fast. Now I want to go back to regular sync and use a real online backup system. When I try to turn off iCloud, I get a message that files will be deleted from my laptop. Very sorry I ever tried this.

Exactly why is iCloud deleting files from my laptop, and how do I stop it from doing so?

 

[Weaselboy]

Open Finder and you will see an icon for iCloud Drive on the left. Click that and you will see any files you have saved on iCloud Drive. Those are the files it will delete if you turn off iCloud. Just copy them out of there first.

 

[jacqueg]

Open Finder and you will see an icon for iCloud Drive on the left. Click that and you will see any files you have saved on iCloud Drive. Those are the files it will delete if you turn off iCloud. Just copy them out of there first.

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OK, Thanks!