disable icloud drive from air

You are referring to your iCloud drive. Your files will be on your MacBook Air whether or not you sync them to iCloud drive. Currently you have them on both your Mac and iCloud.

If you continue to have iCloud drive active your files will also be on Apple's servers for safe keeping. Note this is not a backup as such because iCloud is a syncing service not an offsite repository.

If you want to turn it off, go to System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud Drive

and remove the tick in the box. If you wish to disconnect only your Desktop and Documents folders, as distinct from the iCloud Drive folder, click on Options next to iCloud. The Desktop & Documents Folders option is at the top of the following list.

teckwee1981 Said:

"disable icloud drive from air: currently I using MAC AIR. I notice my MAC information is backup in my iCloud. I would like to disable my document from iCloud and save my information on my desktop. advice for me"

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Downloading All of iCloud:

Save room on your Mac, and export it all to an external drive.

Use my user tip: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip

See a thread syncing with iCloud - Apple Community