Can't create Documents folder in iCloud

[vded]

Hello guys, I'm trying to create a Documents folder in my iCloud and after 3-4 seconds it auto renames to "untitled folder".
If I rename to whatever other name everything works ok.

What am I missing here?

 

[ignatius345]

I bet the folder name "Documents" is reserved for the OS. There's an iCloud Drive setting (see below) that lets you move your user account's Documents and Desktop folders to iCloud Drive. If you check it, both now show up in your iCloud Drive folder.

I suspect you have that switched off, and are trying to manually create a Documents folder, which apparently is not allowed. So, I think your two options are to flip this switch and let MacOS move that for you, or if you don't want to do that, live with a folder called something else besides "Documents".

 

[vded]

Ah, that seems to be the issue. Thanks for the screenshots.
Saw in one of the latest MacMost videos that had the “Documents” folder in iCloud and I tried to create it too. But I bet that he has this option enabled.

 

[ignatius345]

Since I got the 2TB iCloud plan, I'm a huge fan of putting pretty much everything there. It's pretty amazing to be able to get at pretty much any file I own from my phone or iPad.

 

[vded]

Since I got the 2TB iCloud plan, I'm a huge fan of putting pretty much everything there. It's pretty amazing to be able to get at pretty much any file I own from my phone or iPad.

Yeah, 2TB iCloud make a huge difference. I'm on 200GB plan with the wife as family member but she fills up the space too fast (because of the photos), and I'm trying to keep in iCloud only the required documents.