Timeline for Why are files in the Shared folder automatically copied to other Macs?
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| Dec 31, 2017 at 20:33 | vote | accept | Thomas | ||
| Dec 31, 2017 at 20:33 | comment | added | Thomas | Another issue is that you never know which mac is sleeping and which mac is doing a power nap. So this explains the "Your disk is full" messages that I saw once on my Macbook after copying some stuff around on the iMac. I think it is a design flaw that files are transferred already on the copy and not at the paste. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 13:08 | comment | added | Thomas | Yes, I use Universal Clipboard all the time but I'm very confused about this auto paste. Here is a question: On the mac that is not sleeping and not being interacted with, WHERE does it paste those 50 GB? What if that mac runs out of disk space? | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 12:52 | comment | added | grg♦ | @Thomas The copy is initiated on all ‘active’ devices, so if you're using two Macs at once they will both sync clipboards. The copy won't be initiated if the other Mac is sleeping, which it should be if you're not actively using it. In my opinion, Universal Clipboard is one of the most useful features of Sierra :) | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 12:49 | comment | added | Thomas | Yes, this could be. But why does the copy start even if no paste action was initiated on the Macbook (it does, I just checked). I also checked that it has nothing to do with the "Shared" folder, pointing to universal clipboard. This is quite idiotic behaviour. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 11:49 | history | answered | grg♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |