I’m guessing here based on how iCloud Drive works. You can try Command delete and see if that deletes the folder. It may treat it as a default folder though since iCloud is somewhat integrated into the Mac. Otherwise, you should probably be able to delete everything in the folder. However, you might find it more beneficial to keep everything in iCloud. This way you always have access to the data, and it stores on your Mac anyway unless you set it for offline storage. As for renaming the folder, If hitting enter doesn’t work, then you will have to create a new folder with a different name and paste the contents of that folder into the new one.
> On Feb 13, 2023, at 13:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > When I got my current Mac back in 2020, as some of you may recall, I had > problems migrating files from my old Mac. So I decided to transfer my > documents by copying the folder to iCloud, and hoped that I could then > download it onto the new Mac. The download never happened. I’m trying to do > some cleanup, and one thing I would like to do is to get that folder out of > iCloud and have it live locally on my Mac. I have a bunch of old stuff in > there that I want to keep, but that I don’t want to use up iCloud storage to > store. Just to be clear, I have a documents folder in iCloud, but I do not > have one in my user folder. I tried creating one, and was told I couldn’t > because that name was in use. So I copied it from iCloud into my users > folder. That worked, but the folder is called documents - Donna’s MacBook > Air, and I’d like it to be named Documents, and for that to be the folder > that opens when I press CMD-Option-O. I’d also like to delete it from iCloud > Drive. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? > TIA,, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8C8E6323-B2EA-4C07-90B2-01798668E419%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C34F7773-4DDB-4735-A1E5-5F68C314CFF1%40gmail.com.
