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Is there a way to stop the auto-downloading of files in iCloud Drive on Mac, and if so, how? I want the files synced with iCloud Drive, but I don’t want all the files automatically downloaded. I also don’t want to have to completely turn off iCloud Drive on my Mac to prevent this behavior obviously. I don’t know why it auto-downloads files uploaded to iCloud Drive on the Mac, but not the iPhone. This behavior is really annoying especially when you only have a 128GB Mac and you have to constantly manually remove the downloaded files. Any tips on what to do here would be appreciated.

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    Does this answer your question? apple.stackexchange.com/questions/386785/…
    – DavidRecallsMonica
    Commented Jul 29, 2021 at 3:29
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    I think it might. I'll follow the advice on that post and see if it makes any difference. Looked at other pieces of advice on here about this topic and never saw that suggestion, so hopefully it'll work. Thanks for linking to that!
    – Jonathan Levine
    Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 1:11

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The short answer is no, iCloud Drive will try and download the complete iCloud contents. Unlike Dropbox you can't be selective about what is synced. The suggested link from @DavidSupportsMonica suggests not ticking "Optimise Mac Storage". I think this is good advice as you can then manage space in iCloud and your Mac independently.

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