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iCloud versus iCloud Drive Confusion
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1951446" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Lets try to get this straight, the confusion is all around the difference between iCloud Drive and iCloud Drive <strong>Sync. They are not the same thing.</strong></p><p>iCloud Drive is just like and External Hard Drive (EHD), the only difference is it's not plugged into your computer with a cable, its connected to your computer via the internet.</p><p>You can display it in your Finder sidebar, you can put files in it and take them out just like an EHD.</p><p></p><p>iCloud Drive <strong>Sync </strong>of your Documents and Desktop folders takes your local Documents and Desktop folders out of your computer and puts them in your iCloud Drive folder (in iCloud) so that they are all available on any device sighed into your Apple account.</p><p></p><p>An interesting effect of this can be demonstrated if you have iCloud Drive <strong>Sync </strong>turned on. Try dragging say a photo from your Pictures folder to the desktop, the minute you let it go it disappears. Where did it go? It went to the Desktop folder in iCloud Drive.</p><p></p><p>The problem is all down to Apple's poor description of the option.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]40371[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If you look in the "Learn more" link you get a better description of what is going to happen and what will happen if you turn it off.</p><p></p><p>"<strong>What happens when you turn off Desktop and Documents?</strong></p><p>When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them."</p><p></p><p>This is not a disaster, it has advantages and disadvantages and it's completely recoverable. It's just a bit frightening for new users because it's unexpected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1951446, member: 204485"] Lets try to get this straight, the confusion is all around the difference between iCloud Drive and iCloud Drive [B]Sync. They are not the same thing.[/B] iCloud Drive is just like and External Hard Drive (EHD), the only difference is it's not plugged into your computer with a cable, its connected to your computer via the internet. You can display it in your Finder sidebar, you can put files in it and take them out just like an EHD. iCloud Drive [B]Sync [/B]of your Documents and Desktop folders takes your local Documents and Desktop folders out of your computer and puts them in your iCloud Drive folder (in iCloud) so that they are all available on any device sighed into your Apple account. An interesting effect of this can be demonstrated if you have iCloud Drive [B]Sync [/B]turned on. Try dragging say a photo from your Pictures folder to the desktop, the minute you let it go it disappears. Where did it go? It went to the Desktop folder in iCloud Drive. The problem is all down to Apple's poor description of the option. [ATTACH type="full"]40371[/ATTACH] If you look in the "Learn more" link you get a better description of what is going to happen and what will happen if you turn it off. "[B]What happens when you turn off Desktop and Documents?[/B] When you turn off Desktop & Documents Folders, your files stay in iCloud Drive and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder. You can move files from iCloud Drive to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them." This is not a disaster, it has advantages and disadvantages and it's completely recoverable. It's just a bit frightening for new users because it's unexpected. [/QUOTE]
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