I do not want anything going into my iCloud, I get this message I will lose all my stuff if I turn it off how do i save my desktop and documents. I get this message. Furthermore, I want to take all out of iCloud.
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Because you still have iCloud sync still turned on and/or that was the last destination you used for Save As: in Pages.
As @neuroanatomist posted earlier, when you go to turn off iCloud sync, select the "Keep a Copy" and the Desktop and Documents files will be copied back onto and remain on your Mac.
As for Pages saving, you can always select a different save destination by clicking the double arrow there and choosing a new location from the sidebar or navigate to the appropriate folder. Even if you have iCloud sync turned off, you may still use iCloud Drive as a storage location if you like. If you want to do that, then choose that as the destination for your Pages (or other app) documents.
Because you still have iCloud sync still turned on and/or that was the last destination you used for Save As: in Pages.
As @neuroanatomist posted earlier, when you go to turn off iCloud sync, select the "Keep a Copy" and the Desktop and Documents files will be copied back onto and remain on your Mac.
As for Pages saving, you can always select a different save destination by clicking the double arrow there and choosing a new location from the sidebar or navigate to the appropriate folder. Even if you have iCloud sync turned off, you may still use iCloud Drive as a storage location if you like. If you want to do that, then choose that as the destination for your Pages (or other app) documents.
System Settings > iCloud, click on Drive.
Make sure these two items are OFF.
If one was ON, then when you turn it off you should see the dialog box in your initial post. Click Keep a Copy.
Then, go to iCloud.com and log in. Click on Drive.
Click on the Browse option, find and delete the stuff you don't want.
You need to slow down and continue turning off Desktop & Documents synching (where it asked what to do with the files). Click the Keep a Copy button and it will “move” them into an iCloud Archive folder on your home folder. You can then move them back into Desktop and Documents folders.
For other things you have stored in iCloud Drive, you can drag them out of icloud drive into a folder on your Mac.
Then, you can turn off iCloud completely.
Select Keep a Copy. Then go to System Settings > iCloud, click Drive and turn it off (if that’s not where you got this message).
To remove things from iCloud, log into icloud.com in your web browser, select Drive and delete what’s there.
How can I drag them, where do I find them?
Many people have already told you. If you click the button to keep a copy, they are inside the iCloud Drive (Archive) folder in your Home folder. If you chose Remove from Mac, you will find them in the Desktop and Documents folders inside of iCloud Drive in the Sidebar.
Have you disabled Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive? Which option did you choose?
I was with Apple support, he was the one that said upload speed was slow and can take all day and night and not use the internet while doing it? Was he wrong?
No idea what you were discussing with him. If it was about moving files out of iCloud Drive, then internet connection speed has little to do with it except as to files that are only stored in iCloud Drive. As I already stated, files sync'd with Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive are not removed from your Mac at all unless you have turned on Optimize Storage, but only a limited number of files will have been removed from your Mac.
There are also app-specific folders on iCloud Drive independent of Desktop & Documents--those you will have to download from iCloud Drive. If you still have iCloud Drive enabled, open the iCloud Drive folder in the Sidebar and move those folders to your Mac somewhere inside your Home folder--stay away from the Desktop & Documents folders until you disable that part.
What happens when you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
Recover deleted files on iCloud.com
Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support
How to Restore Your Desktop and Documents After Disabling ...
How to find your Documents and Desktop folder contents after disabling ...
Finder>Go>Go to Folder>copy & paste:
~/iCloud Drive (Archive)
iCloud Drive (Archive) - here you should find all your files
KODIAKGRIZZLY-BEAR_01 wrote:
I was on with Apple support tole me my speed was not good enough, took way too long. So once cloud is full he said then will save to desktop.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/a8b3ca5b-56f6-4da3-9df4-dd12316a4a99
What does that have to do with anything you are asking.
Although it makes you think your files were uploaded and no longer on your Mac, that is patently not true.
macOS uses file system sleight of hand to make it appear the files are stored somewhere else. At this moment, they are still inside your hidden Desktop and Documents folders.
When you disable Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive, more file system magic is used to make them appear to have been moved. The files are still stored in the same exact location on your drive in your Mac.
When you move them back from iCloud Drive, nothing is downloaded. New file references are created in your home folder inside the iCloud Archive folder. Still, not a single bit has changed locations. When you "move" the files, new references are created in the location you move them into. It all happens pretty much instantly.
KODIAKGRIZZLY-BEAR_01 wrote:
I was on with Apple support tole me my speed was not good enough, took way too long. So once cloud is full he said then will save to desktop.
I'm honestly not sure what 'once cloud is full' means, but good luck.
KODIAKGRIZZLY-BEAR_01 wrote:
I was on with Apple support tole me my speed was not good enough, took way too long.
You can not use that as an excuse for your initial query — I can not help you there.
If you have an ongoing issue with a slow internet then resolve that issue.
—Talk to you internet provider service ...for better service
—change your provider service ...
—use your cellphone as a hotspot would be better then your dial-up speed...
ref: Use an iPhone or iPad to connect your Mac to the internet - Apple Support
How can I drag them, where do I find them? I was with Apple support, he was the one that said upload speed was slow and can take all day and night and not use the internet while doing it? Was he wrong?
I am confused, can you show me screenshots please.
Because when I use pages it says desktop, I could before I update to Tahoe it would just say desktop? How so I stop that from happening as well? see below
Can I select all at once and put them in one folder and. How to disable the iCloud?
I am in iCloud but when i delete them these are on my desktop, and they get deleted.
When I delete what's there, it is also deleting from desktop?
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