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if i switch off icloud, how do I download my documents before they disappear?????

I have documents that I thought i was storing on my mac. Apaprently theyare in icloud

so when i switched off icloud i nearly had a heartattack when all my work vanished.

so i switched icloud back on and they reappeared! BUT! I don't want them in icloud. So how do I down load them!!? It is a vicious circle.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 29, 2024 10:58 PM

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Oct 30, 2024 7:25 AM in response to auslego

They are already on your Mac in /Users/yourname/Library/Mobile Documents/com-appie~CloudDocs


What happens when you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud

If you turn off iCloud Drive or sign out of iCloud, a new Desktop and Documents folder is created in your home folder. You also have the option to keep a local copy of your files that are in iCloud Drive. If you keep a local copy of your files in iCloud Drive, they're copied to a folder called iCloud Drive (Archive) in your home folder. You can move any files that were in your iCloud Desktop and Documents to your new local Desktop and Documents.

if i switch off icloud, how do I download my documents before they disappear?????

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