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Deleting icloud on mac without affecting another

I need to wipe a Mac Mini to new status, but I have iCloud desktop. If I delete anything there, it deletes form my MacBook Pro as well.

HOW DO I Clean one without affecting the other?

Thanks in advance for your help...

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 16, 2021 8:32 AM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2021 8:48 AM

If you erase the mac via:

and

It will not affect iCloud Desktop on other devices at all.

It's only if you erase files the erasing gets synced. If you erase the entire drive from recovery this does not happen.

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Good luck!

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