iCloud Drive - Documents Folder

[AlliFlowers]

Saves disk space and means you can access them any time from any of your devices.

 

[tarsins]

Also you have offsite backups of your stuff.

 

[cgm707]

Can you clear up something for me? Maybe I am a bit slow, but I am confused about the two Document folders I see in Finder, that are both in iCloud Drive.

The folder icons are different from one another, and I'm not sure what this means. One of the Document folders has nothing in it. When I try to delete it, it just reappears. I have my documents in the other Documents folder listed.

I used to see three Documents folders which drove me nuts, until I read about unchecking Desktop & Documents Folders in System Preferences.

It is important to differentiate between iCloud Drive and iCloud for a start.

If you select the option in iCloud Drive to save your Documents & Desktop to iCloud Drive that is exactly what should happen. If you later decide to turn off iCloud Drive you will receive a warning to the effect that all your data will be lost unless you copy it back to your computer before turning off iCloud Drive.

If you have elected to have your Photos saved to iCloud (NOT DRIVE) that has nothing to do with any actions you take in respect of iCloud Drive.

 

[Easttime]

I simply created a folder system in iCloud and copied documents into it. So nice to have them automatically sync to all my devices. I did not turn on the setting to automatically upload all my documents and desktop to iCloud Drive. I left some documents on my Mac. Nice to have that maximum flexible choice now. Everything backs up to Time Machine and an off-site cloud service. And I periodically do Carbon Copy Clones and manual external hard drive copies.