Finder is showing the cloud icon for many of the files in my Trash. There items were never stored in iCloud. Looking at iCloud, there is no indication of these files currently.
What is this icon telling me?
MacBook Pro Apple Silicon
Then have a few suggestions ;
1 - Get Support Choose a product and we’ll find you the best solution.Start now and open an Apple Support Ticket as they are Apple Employees to deal will these types of issues .
2 - Product Feedback - Apple and make it known to Apple regarding this ongoing issue
I have taken enough of your time and good luck with this computer issue
One last shot at this and how files are appearing in iCloud
The below link will expand on Optimize storage space
Worth the user attention and reading
Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Optimize storage space on your Mac
I have been using iCloud for Years and almost from the day it was available via Apple.
Running 2 M-Class Apple computer that started with Big Sur to Monterey and now Ventura 13.0.1 .
Have a third running and stuck on High Sierra 10.13.6
No where in Finder do I see an iCloud Trash Bin anywhere
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Thanks. I think I'm not being very clear about what I'm asking.
I'm looking at the contents of the Trash of my Macbook using the Finder. Some of the items in there have a cloud icon. These items have never been stored in iCloud, or any cloud service.
The items are viewable and behave like any items in the Trash.
Can anyone explain what this icon means when associated with items in the Trash?
What appears to be, is an important piece of missing information in the description provided.
That being, when Logged into www.icloud.com & looking at the iCloud Drive itself there Is a " Recently Deleted " as evidenced in below image.
How the item(s) were placed on iCloud Drive - only the user would know that.
The small cloud type icon beside a file indicates the file is on iCloud but has not yet downloaded as a Local Copy of same said file.
Definition of Local = On the Internal Drive of the computer
I appreciate your willingness to help.
I don't believe the is related to iCloud. These items were never stored in iCloud. I looked the Recently Deleted list of iCloud and there is only a few files listed, and they do not match any of the thousands of files in my Trash with the icon.
Thanks for that. It was in the process of following the Optimize steps that I discovered this.
I can't explain what you are seeing as I cannot event select the iCloud Status column in my Trash folder. Yours all indicate the items are available locally on your drive.
Cloud icon for items in Trash
