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iCloud uploading files too quickly

Hello!


My iCloud has been uploading my files too quickly, and I was wondering how I can fix this. Is it from a new update? I've tried looking through forums and google, but it only brought up results on "iCloud is uploading slow".


I am a freelance digital illustrator and within the past 3 days, I've noticed duplicate files saved when I go to save my work. Or in other words, it saves a new version instead of saving over the original file. At first I thought this was photoshop, but after some looking, I realized it was iCloud! My files--that I am actively working on--are getting uploaded to iCloud within a few minutes after my save! So when I go to save my work again after a few minutes, photoshop cannot find the file since it is in iCloud, and will make a new version. This is slowing me down significantly and cluttering my files. Does anyone know how to fix this?


I also have to download all of the files from iCloud to send them to my clients. Even if I had just saved them--they start uploading immediately. In the past, they'd get uploaded within a week or so, or if they are very big.


Thank you in advance! :)



MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Jul 27, 2022 9:50 AM

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Posted on Jul 27, 2022 11:07 AM

You could save the files you are working on in a separate folder in your home folder, outside iCloud Drive or your Documents folder. Move them only to iCloud Drive, once you are finished with them. Then you can be sure that iCloud will not remove the local copies of the files you are still working on.

Or disable the "Optimise Mac Storage" option in the System preferences, so the files will not be automatically removed from your Mac to free storage, before you have finished to work on the file. Could it be, that your Mac is low on storage and has to remove more and more local copies of your files to free storage? Usually the files you are working on should stay put and only files you have not used in a long time should get optimized and removed from the Mac.


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Jul 27, 2022 11:07 AM in response to ZabbyTabby

You could save the files you are working on in a separate folder in your home folder, outside iCloud Drive or your Documents folder. Move them only to iCloud Drive, once you are finished with them. Then you can be sure that iCloud will not remove the local copies of the files you are still working on.

Or disable the "Optimise Mac Storage" option in the System preferences, so the files will not be automatically removed from your Mac to free storage, before you have finished to work on the file. Could it be, that your Mac is low on storage and has to remove more and more local copies of your files to free storage? Usually the files you are working on should stay put and only files you have not used in a long time should get optimized and removed from the Mac.


iCloud uploading files too quickly

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