Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
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

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
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

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread Bradford Snyder
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

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
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 >

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
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

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
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

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
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,

Re: Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread Herbie Allen
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

Strange Mac Clean-up question, moving documents folder from iCloud to my Mac

2023-02-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
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