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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1949504" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>In addition to Randy's excellent advice, if you have accidentally (or deliberately) turned on &quot;Optimize Storage&quot; it could be that your entire Desktop and Documents folder is now stored in iCloud. You can find the setting in System Preferences &gt; Storage &gt; where there is a button for &quot;Store in iCloud...&quot; that will show what you have elected to store there, and one for &quot;Optimize...&quot; which will store in iCloud everything on the Desktop or in your own Documents folder. Be a bit careful around those buttons because if you just turn them OFF, you will need to remain connected to the Internet for a while until all of the objects that were moved to the iCloud are restored to your own Mac. Depending on how busy the servers are, how fast your internet connection is, and how much you have moved, it can take hours (or even days) for it all to return to local storage.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1949504, member: 396914"] In addition to Randy's excellent advice, if you have accidentally (or deliberately) turned on "Optimize Storage" it could be that your entire Desktop and Documents folder is now stored in iCloud. You can find the setting in System Preferences > Storage > where there is a button for "Store in iCloud..." that will show what you have elected to store there, and one for "Optimize..." which will store in iCloud everything on the Desktop or in your own Documents folder. Be a bit careful around those buttons because if you just turn them OFF, you will need to remain connected to the Internet for a while until all of the objects that were moved to the iCloud are restored to your own Mac. Depending on how busy the servers are, how fast your internet connection is, and how much you have moved, it can take hours (or even days) for it all to return to local storage. [/QUOTE]

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