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Sync Desktop and Documents Folders now in Finder Settings!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1951344" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Okay, back on my MBP. </p><p></p><p>So, this is basically just a drag an drop process. I will assume that iCloud Drive appears in the sidebar of the computer in question, if not make it so.</p><p></p><p>First you need to turn off sync Documents & Desktop Folders in System settings as per my screen shot in post #1</p><p></p><p>This as Apple explains recreates those folders in the Finder sidebar but they are empty.</p><p></p><p>Now open a second Finder window and in that window open iCloud Drive.</p><p></p><p>Locate either the Documents or Desktop Folder, you have to do both so let's say you open the Documents folder first.</p><p></p><p>Select all of the contents in that folder and drag them to the empty Documents folder in the first (local) Finder window, you may want to open it so you can see what's happening, it may take a little time, some of the files will be greyed out until they have downloaded.</p><p></p><p>Now your local Documents folder is populated with the contents of the Documents folder in iCloud Drive.</p><p></p><p>Now do the same thing for the Desktop folder.</p><p></p><p>Once that is done and it could take a little while because you may be downloading a lot of data, (I advise you compare the folders to ensure that all of the files in each of the Documents and Desktop folders are the same as the iCloud Drive versions), you can go ahead and delete the iCloud Drive versions of the Documents and Desktop folders.</p><p></p><p>At first I just deleted just the contents of the Documents and Desktop folders in iCloud Drive but eventually I deleted the folders themselves as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1951344, member: 204485"] Okay, back on my MBP. So, this is basically just a drag an drop process. I will assume that iCloud Drive appears in the sidebar of the computer in question, if not make it so. First you need to turn off sync Documents & Desktop Folders in System settings as per my screen shot in post #1 This as Apple explains recreates those folders in the Finder sidebar but they are empty. Now open a second Finder window and in that window open iCloud Drive. Locate either the Documents or Desktop Folder, you have to do both so let's say you open the Documents folder first. Select all of the contents in that folder and drag them to the empty Documents folder in the first (local) Finder window, you may want to open it so you can see what's happening, it may take a little time, some of the files will be greyed out until they have downloaded. Now your local Documents folder is populated with the contents of the Documents folder in iCloud Drive. Now do the same thing for the Desktop folder. Once that is done and it could take a little while because you may be downloading a lot of data, (I advise you compare the folders to ensure that all of the files in each of the Documents and Desktop folders are the same as the iCloud Drive versions), you can go ahead and delete the iCloud Drive versions of the Documents and Desktop folders. At first I just deleted just the contents of the Documents and Desktop folders in iCloud Drive but eventually I deleted the folders themselves as well. [/QUOTE]
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