When I turn icloud on, how do I stop icloud downloading everything to my macbook?

Hi All,


  • Sorry if this is a dumb question.


  • I have a new macbook air, 256gb and the files won't fit, last macbook was 500gb.


  • I've always used icloud for a few files, but now am storing thousands of files in my 2tb.


  • Image 1. Every time I turn on icloud, on my macbook, it begins downloading all of the files in the cloud to the macbook. (image says 184 files, but it builds up to 17k)


  • Image 2. Deselecting Desktop & Doc folders makes no difference


  • Image 3. Remove from Mac doesn't remove the files that have been downloaded.


  • The only way to stop it, is to turn icloud off on the macbook. The files get stored in an Icloud Archive folder.


  • Question - how i store the files in the cloud without dowloading them to the macbook?


Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

LisaDee


Posted on Mar 29, 2023 12:39 AM

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