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I'm used to using windows where everything is stored locally. I don't want to upgrade my icloud and every time i save something it goes to icloud.
MacBook, OS X 10.10
If you enable iCloud Drive, your files remain stored locally unless you also opt to optimize storage on your Mac. If you optimize, your least accessed/largest files are offloaded into iCloud only.
But, it sounds like you may have desktop and documents turned on for sync. You can turn that off if you no longer wish for those locations to sync.
Go to System settings > Apple ID > iCloud and select iCloud Drive. Toggle off desktop and documents.
Once you turn it off, you'll see a blank desktop and new documents folder. Your old desktop and documents will be in your iCloud Drive folder. You can simply move the items in each location back by dragging the files.
If you enable iCloud Drive, your files remain stored locally unless you also opt to optimize storage on your Mac. If you optimize, your least accessed/largest files are offloaded into iCloud only.
But, it sounds like you may have desktop and documents turned on for sync. You can turn that off if you no longer wish for those locations to sync.
Go to System settings > Apple ID > iCloud and select iCloud Drive. Toggle off desktop and documents.
Once you turn it off, you'll see a blank desktop and new documents folder. Your old desktop and documents will be in your iCloud Drive folder. You can simply move the items in each location back by dragging the files.
how do I store files on my desktop without uploading them to iCloud? I just want the files local and my iCloud is out of space, I don't know how to save the files locally on my Desktop without it uploading to icloud. How to make local folders?
