Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Thanks.—Donna > On Feb 13, 2023, at 6:14 PM, Bradford Snyder wrote: > > Try going into your iCloud settings, and unchecking the box for Desktop and > Documents Folder. > I believe it is near the top of the list. > > - Brad - > > > > On Feb 13, 2023, at 17:21, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I’ve been trying to do that, but haven’t had any success. How does one go > about that? > Thanks, > Donna > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? >> That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. >> >> >>> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had >>> problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my >>> documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then >>> download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to >>> do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out >>> of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff >>> in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud >>> storage to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, >>> but I do not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was >>> told I couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud >>> into my users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - >>> Donna’s MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to >>> be the folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to >>> delete it from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? >>> TIA,, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D970DC07-2B0C-47FC-BF5D-8B0B21470E95%40me.com. > > > -- >
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Oh, of course! I feel like an idiot. :) I was looking in system prefs. Thanks for refreshing my memory. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:37 PM, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I’m using Monterey. > Go to Internet accounts in system preferences. > Interact with the table and choose iCloud > Interact with that and VO right to options, and press VO Space. > I never used Ventura, so maybe you can find it. > > > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 6:21 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> I’ve been trying to do that, but haven’t had any success. How does one go >> about that? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? >>> That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. >>> >>> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? TIA,, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Try going into your iCloud settings, and unchecking the box for Desktop and Documents Folder. I believe it is near the top of the list. - Brad - On Feb 13, 2023, at 17:21, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’ve been trying to do that, but haven’t had any success. How does one go about that? Thanks, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? > That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. > > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had >> problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my >> documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then >> download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to >> do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out >> of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff >> in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage >> to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do >> not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I >> couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my >> users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s >> MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the >> folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it >> from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? >> TIA,, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D970DC07-2B0C-47FC-BF5D-8B0B21470E95%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
I’m using Monterey. Go to Internet accounts in system preferences. Interact with the table and choose iCloud Interact with that and VO right to options, and press VO Space. I never used Ventura, so maybe you can find it. > On Feb 13, 2023, at 6:21 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I’ve been trying to do that, but haven’t had any success. How does one go > about that? > Thanks, > Donna > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? >> That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. >> >> >>> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had >>> problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my >>> documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then >>> download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to >>> do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out >>> of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff >>> in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud >>> storage to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, >>> but I do not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was >>> told I couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud >>> into my users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - >>> Donna’s MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to >>> be the folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to >>> delete it from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? >>> TIA,, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D970DC07-2B0C-47FC-BF5D-8B0B21470E95%40me.com. -- The following
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
I’ve been trying to do that, but haven’t had any success. How does one go about that? Thanks, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2023, at 5:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? > That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. > > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had >> problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my >> documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then >> download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to >> do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out >> of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff >> in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage >> to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do >> not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I >> couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my >> users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s >> MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the >> folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it >> from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? >> TIA,, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D970DC07-2B0C-47FC-BF5D-8B0B21470E95%40me.com.
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Hi, Why not just not include Documents and desktop on that Mac for iCloud? That way shift command O will open Documents in your home folder. > On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:46 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had > problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my > documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then > download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to do > some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out of > iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff in > there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage to > store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do not > have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I couldn’t > because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my users > folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s MacBook > Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the folder > that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it from iCloud > Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? > TIA,, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D74E7770-E1A2-4FEB-8594-48689F3FD5FA%40icloud.com.
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Do you know how to set it for offline? There’s no way I want to pay to store all this in iCloud. I have stuff here that goes back 25 years. I’d like to keep it, but I don’t want to pay to store it. I back up my Mac regularly, so I’m not worried about losing it. TIA, Donna > On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:33 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > I’m guessing here based on how iCloud Drive works. You can try Command delete > and see if that deletes the folder. It may treat it as a default folder > though since iCloud is somewhat integrated into the Mac. Otherwise, you > should probably be able to delete everything in the folder. However, you > might find it more beneficial to keep everything in iCloud. This way you > always have access to the data, and it stores on your Mac anyway unless you > set it for offline storage. As for renaming the folder, If hitting enter > doesn’t work, then you will have to create a new folder with a different name > and paste the contents of that folder into the new one. > > >> On Feb 13, 2023, at 13:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had >> problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my >> documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then >> download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to >> do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out >> of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff >> in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage >> to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do >> not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I >> couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my >> users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s >> MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the >> folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it >> from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? >> TIA,, >> Donna >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C34F7773-4DDB-4735-A1E5-5F68C314CFF1%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
I’m guessing here based on how iCloud Drive works. You can try Command delete and see if that deletes the folder. It may treat it as a default folder though since iCloud is somewhat integrated into the Mac. Otherwise, you should probably be able to delete everything in the folder. However, you might find it more beneficial to keep everything in iCloud. This way you always have access to the data, and it stores on your Mac anyway unless you set it for offline storage. As for renaming the folder, If hitting enter doesn’t work, then you will have to create a new folder with a different name and paste the contents of that folder into the new one. > On Feb 13, 2023, at 13:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had > problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my > documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then > download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to do > some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out of > iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff in > there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage to > store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do not > have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I couldn’t > because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my users > folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s MacBook > Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the folder > that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it from iCloud > Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? > TIA,, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C34F7773-4DDB-4735-A1E5-5F68C314CFF1%40gmail.com.
Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac
Hi all, When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to do some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out of iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff in there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage to store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do not have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I couldn’t because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my users folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s MacBook Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the folder that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it from iCloud Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? TIA,, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com.
