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Where is the iCloud folder with Documents and Desktop?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1841525" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Bob, the problem is that even if you elect to store the Documents and Desktop contents in the cloud, the directories are still on the boot drive, filled with links to the iCloud location of the real file. So if you open a document that used to be in Documents, it gets downloaded so the app can use it. Then when you save the revised file, it gets uploaded to the iCloud again, with a new link replacing the old one. Even though the system says in the image I posted that this movement only happens if there isn't sufficient room on the internal drive, in practice it seems to be moving most of the files to the cloud, keeping only the most recently opened ones locally. </p><p></p><p>Long way to say that you should still have a Documents folder and a Desktop folder in your Home directory, even if they are technically stored in the cloud. But the OP is missing both, and that is just very strange. I didn't think you could operate without a Desktop folder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1841525, member: 396914"] Bob, the problem is that even if you elect to store the Documents and Desktop contents in the cloud, the directories are still on the boot drive, filled with links to the iCloud location of the real file. So if you open a document that used to be in Documents, it gets downloaded so the app can use it. Then when you save the revised file, it gets uploaded to the iCloud again, with a new link replacing the old one. Even though the system says in the image I posted that this movement only happens if there isn't sufficient room on the internal drive, in practice it seems to be moving most of the files to the cloud, keeping only the most recently opened ones locally. Long way to say that you should still have a Documents folder and a Desktop folder in your Home directory, even if they are technically stored in the cloud. But the OP is missing both, and that is just very strange. I didn't think you could operate without a Desktop folder. [/QUOTE]
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