Timeline for Exclude folder from sync from iCloud to device (laptop)
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| Nov 16, 2020 at 9:35 | comment | added | lejon | Some files are mere place holders (having the ".icloud" extension) but some are the real files and I can open them locally. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 16:01 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | But do the files have the right size, and content? Or are they just placeholders? If things keep looking strange, I found that disabling iCloud Drive and enabling it again takes care of a lot of strange things. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:55 | comment | added | lejon | I can see the files using the Terminal. I'll try to reboot and see if they go away. I have noticed one source of (my) confusion at least, and that is that the cloud icon is on a folder even though SOME (but not all) files are stored locally. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:50 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | How do you know that they are stored locally? And do things change if you reboot? | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:49 | comment | added | lejon | I'm starting to suspect some bug in my system since, according to you (and the Apple support site): "Non-downloaded files/folders will show a Cloud icon in Finder", but I have files on my laptop WITH the icon, but they are still stored locally on my machine. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:49 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | AFAIK you can't. macOS will manage the space for you and remove files/folders you don't use any longer if disk space gets tight. | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:44 | comment | added | lejon | Ok, perhaps the "don't sync" functionality is only one-way since the ".nosync" is only computer to iCloud but no obvious way for the opposite "no sync" functionality. Do you know if there is some way to tell macOS that "I don't need this folder locally any longer, please only store it in iCloud"? Because now it has synced down a huge folder that I have no use for on my work laptop, but still want to access from all of my private laptops? | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:40 | history | edited | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2020 at 15:30 | history | answered | nohillside♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |