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I have enabled storing Desktop & Document Folders in iCloud. I keep my Xcode projects on Desktop. Every hour or so, iCloud will store files, inside of Pods folder present alongside the Xcode Project in iCloud. This is very tedious as I then have to click on each one of them one-by-one to re-download.

How can I prevent iCloud from downloading my files in this manner, for this specific Xcode project?

I have tried disabling iCloud for Desktop, but this results in me losing all my Desktop folders/files, so I could rather not go this route.

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    How much local disk space do you have and how much data in t he cloud
    – mmmmmm
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 17:52
  • Access iCloud settings in System Preferences and check if you have Optimise Mac Storage enabled.
    – Nimesh Neema ♦
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 17:55
  • @user151019 11Gb local. 47gb in cloud
    – Outsider
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 18:25
  • @NimeshNeema I do
    – Outsider
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 18:26
  • @Outsider If you uncheck it, it would cause all the files to download and remain available. You'd no longer need to download files individually, but all the files would continue to be stored in iCloud too.
    – Nimesh Neema ♦
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 18:30

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Such an option to force iCloud to keep some files would be nice. In the meantime, you can check OneDrive. It fits this purpose. You can decide if some files/ folders have to be kept offline.

A way is to use aliases. Then again, you'd have to check if Xcode can work with that.

  • Whichever files/ folders are required offline, move them to a non-iCloud-synced place.
  • Make their aliases and keep them in place of the original files/folders.
  • If you need to sync those files somewhere else too, make another copy in iCloud.

If aliases don't work, check out symlinks.

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