Files moved to cloud with ventura - I want them back.

[Big Dave]

Bare with me as I don't know Mac as much as I used to. I upgraded to Ventura and now my folders such as ~/Documents are empty. My files are exclusively on Apple servers somewhere. I don't want my files exclusively on Apple servers. I like a saved copy in the cloud, but my Mac is home base.
How should I proceed to get my files back on to my hard disk where they belong? I'm worried about losing things. I liked the old method of having a saved copy in the cloud.

 

[Big Dave]

Nevermind. It seems as if I can just right click on a cloud folder and select download now. Sorry for leaving the post up as I don't recall how to delete.

 

[osplo]

Maybe change the thread title to start with SOLVED?

 

[HDFan]

If you turn on iCloud Drive and Documents sync then they will appear automatically on your Mac. Any changes on your Mac will automatically sync to iCloud.