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I Accidentally MOVED files to iCloud

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DotCom2

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YIKES!
I accidentally moved ALL my files from my Documents folder to iCloud! All I really wanted to do was just COPY them to iCloud not move them!
How do I get them back on my local drive?
 
If by "moved" you mean you've enabled iCloud syncing of Desktop & Documents, you can uncheck that option and then copy them back from the iCloud drive using the usual drag method.
 
MC6800 said:
If by "moved" you mean you've enabled iCloud syncing of Desktop & Documents, you can uncheck that option and then copy them back from the iCloud drive using the usual drag method.
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[doublepost=1495829433][/doublepost]Thanks for the reply but no, I didn't enable iCloud syncing.
Now what do I do?
 
DotCom2 said:
I did a Select All, then dragged them to the iCloud folder in Finder.
Now my local Documents Folder is empty.
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They appear to have changed the default (copy vs move) at some point to match what Dropbox does. You can always force it to make a copy by holding Option while dragging, which works both going to and from iCloud. At least it does for me under El Capitan.

I'd suggest experimenting with a single file first.
[doublepost=1495862055][/doublepost]BTW, technically those moved files are still on your disk, just in a different (controlled) location:

~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs

But you don't need to (and shouldn't) mess with them there.
 
Well I got all my files back into the local Documents Folder now, but when I did the accidental "Move", it also moved my Parallels VM and now I can't get my VM back!
WHAT A $%)*#$)%* MESS!
 
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