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How do I get rid of iCloud Preferences on my Mac?
Choose Mail > Preferences > Accounts, select iCloud and click the – (minus) button. In Mojave and earlier, open iTunes. Choose Account > Sign Out.
How do I change the iCloud sync on my Mac?
On your Mac, use iCloud preferences to select the iCloud features you want and manage iCloud storage. Learn how to set up your Apple ID iCloud settings. To change these preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Apple ID, then select iCloud in the sidebar. Select the iCloud features you want to use.
How do I get rid of iCloud storage on my Mac?
You can also control those settings directly within each app. If you’re using macOS Catalina or later, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Apple ID, then select iCloud in the sidebar: Store in iCloud turns on the Optimize Mac Storage setting on the right. To turn off iCloud Drive entirely, deselect iCloud Drive.
How do I Turn Off iCloud syncing?
When you open the iCloud Drive options, find the Desktop and Documents Folders checkbox. Uncheck this box and confirm by clicking Turn Off. Confirm you want to turn Desktop & Document Folder syncing with iCloud by tapping Turn Off again at the confirmation prompt
How to stop iCloud from automatically saving files?
How-To Stop iCloud From Automatically Saving Files Step – 1 Click on > System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud For older macOS versions (macOS Mojave and below), choose > System Preferences > iCloud icon Next to iCloud Drive, choose the Options button on the right
How to sync a folder to iCloud Drive?
Using Aliases and Symbolic Links may not work. On one of my Mac’s, Finder replaced the symbolic link with an empty folder upon reboot. The only way I’ve been able to consistently do this is to create a directory hard-link. This is not possible with the default OS X command line as ln won’t work if you’re doing a hard-link to directories.