Thank you, Ronni. I have no idea how or when I selected iCloud drive. I don't know what it does for me and would be happy to get rid of it. As you see, even to talk of a low level of competence is probably an exaggeration of my skills so I do appreciate your and other people's patience.
regards, Jennifer On 26 May 2017 at 22:05, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > You can still access System Preferences from the Apple Logo > System > Preferences. Exactly as you did in previous OS X systems. > The Window you are seeing is in System Preferences > iCloud. > Just click the back Arrow < in that iCloud window to go back to see the > whole System Preferences window. > > Why have you selected to use iCloud Drive? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > *13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)* > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS Sierra 10.12.5 > > > On 26 May 2017, at 5:40 pm, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Previously, when choosing System Preferences under the apple emblem top > left, there was a window with groups of elements where it was possible to > choose between the printer, mouse, desk top etc. and select options within > them. I can no longer find a way to access this, but instead have a window > with account settings on one side and iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail etc with > check boxes next to them. I think the change must be due either to > updating to Sierra or accessing iCloud. > > I also have trouble with the screen sliding away left to the desktop until > I click whatever app I am using in the dock . > > I suspect Sierra and the Cloud have taken me beyond my level of competence > which is pretty minimal. Can anyone help? > > Many Thanks, > Jennifer > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/ > listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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