Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. How can I clear pending iCloud Downloads? However after signing out of iCloud and signing back in this time with documents switched off and Optimise switched off, my Mac is still insisting on downloading my documents folder!
As you can see from the image both Desktop and documents is not selected, Optimise is unchecked and yet you can see it is still downloading 44GB of data I don't want on my mac!
Thats why I bought the external storage plan! As you can see, those downloads generate a lot of traffic. And if I right click on files or folders and choose "Remove Download" - it removes files locally which is great! Already tried to turn of icloud sync with my Mac and as soon I added it back - it started to download files. Yesterday it finished downloading and I removed local copies. Today the download started back. I don't understand why it's so, I don't want to keep local copies.
If I will need a file from icloud I will click "download now" and that's it. However, you wouldn't see the " Remove Download " option for app folders. For instance, as in your image, you can't right-click on the Numbers folder and then click on Remove Download.
Instead, you have to open the Numbers folder, and then right-click on all the files and folders inside it to remove all its downloaded content from your Mac. I think that dialog you have up is pretty clear but based on the last question I would encourage a couple changes in how you're using iCloud. Then you'll want to let the machine get in balance with iCloud which can take hours if you are in the GB storage size for iCloud - even if you have a local caching server on your network and then revisit the settings and adjust your plans.
Just be sure to store files outside the buckets that sync locally and I think you'll be able to have iCloud storage for things you don't want on your Mac. My Photos library is now at GB alone so my one device that downloads the full versions of everything so I can make a separate backup has that photo library on an external drive and not the SSD. Everything else fits on the boot drive and the thinning process is quite solid.
The Documents folder in your screenshot is simply a regular folder in iCloud Drive. The checkbox you are referring to syncs the Documents and Desktop folders on your Mac with corresponding folders in iCloud Drive. Are your Pages documents saving to iCloud or another location? You can check with the steps here:. Find a document - Pages Help for iPad. Jan 13, PM. Jan 14, AM. Thanks Chris, I'm not sure if my answers are getting out of synch, apologies, I thought they would "thread" when I hit reply.
Does this continue to happen if you uncheck the Optimise Mac Storage box? If so, we'd recommend contacting Apple Support directly. You can do that here:. Contact Apple Support. Jan 20, AM. Question: Q: Why do I have to keep downloading files from iCloud? More Less. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: Moonshine33 Moonshine I have an iPad with 34Gb free space.
Apple plugs drive-by download flaws in Safari browser ZDNet. Have you tried quitting every web browser you have running? Most likely you've just got some page open that has a very badly screwed-up script that's trying to load advertisements on some kind of cycling banner, but is causing the HTML files to be sent to your downloads folder instead of being properly handled.
Yup, quit all and rebooted. It is still doing it. Was on a friends Mac yesterday and theirs is doing it as well. Must be spreading quickly whatever it is. Anyone else have any ideas? Sep 12, AM. And are you always visiting the same site when this happens? Are the files always. Where do the files come from? More details would be required if you want an answer.
Sep 12, PM. Mine has been doing this for the past week too. I've tried deleting all the files that download but they come back 1 minute later. I've also tried deleting all my downloads from the past 2 months and have wiped all cookies, but they are still downloading. I usually use safari but tried switching to firefox and that hasn't made a difference either.
On average I'd say I get about of those. I did the get info as you suggested Thomas and it has come from:. My email was hacked into last night and spam was sent out to all of my contacts, would this be related? Is it a virus? How can I fix it? Sep 13, AM. Sep 13, AM in response to nicole In response to nicole Both of those sites are on a list of known malware distributors.
They are extremely untrustworthy sites. However, that does not necessarily mean that there is malware involved. Do these files continue to appear when you don't have any web browser open? If yes, there's some other software downloading them, which could be but is not necessarily malware. If no, do those files start appearing as soon as you open a web browser?
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