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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1951355" data-attributes="member: 396914">Apple is fairly consistent in that they never assume that it is acceptable to overwrite anything already on the user's storage. So, in the restoration process, they create new Documents and Desktop folders. But they cannot assume that the user doesn't put something in those folders, so they then create the folders to hold what is in the cloud and allow the user to move to the new Documents and Desktop folders what the users want there. I'm ok with that decision. In APFS nothing actually moves, just the directories are updated, so it is really quick. What takes time is the downloading of the stuff from iCloud back to the internal storage. As for the differences in the Finder settings, it might be caused by a user having EVER chosen Optimize in macOS. I never have, so I don't see the &quot;sync&quot; prompt. If, however, someone did turn on Optimize, even if they then reversed it, that action may have triggered a change in the settings options. Apple does have dynamic menues that adjust as the system is changed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1951355, member: 396914"] Apple is fairly consistent in that they never assume that it is acceptable to overwrite anything already on the user's storage. So, in the restoration process, they create new Documents and Desktop folders. But they cannot assume that the user doesn't put something in those folders, so they then create the folders to hold what is in the cloud and allow the user to move to the new Documents and Desktop folders what the users want there. I'm ok with that decision. In APFS nothing actually moves, just the directories are updated, so it is really quick. What takes time is the downloading of the stuff from iCloud back to the internal storage. As for the differences in the Finder settings, it might be caused by a user having EVER chosen Optimize in macOS. I never have, so I don't see the "sync" prompt. If, however, someone did turn on Optimize, even if they then reversed it, that action may have triggered a change in the settings options. Apple does have dynamic menues that adjust as the system is changed. [/QUOTE]

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