Click on iCloud Drive. Right-click on the folder you want to remove its downloaded content, and then click on Remove Download. Udhy 5, 10 10 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. Look for words like "if there is space" in the description.
That means Apple downloads everything and then frees up space when it sees you have little space left. It doesn't do the calculation first - it actually downloads.
Look for confusion around Documents and Desktop. If you opt in to syncing on one Mac - now you have 4 folders on any one Mac signed in to iCloud - the cloud version of desktop and documents and the local version. Jonas Merhej Jonas Merhej 11 3 3 bronze badges. This worked for a download which was triggered manually. Ezekiel Ezekiel 3, 11 11 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. This simple way icloud storage works as everyone always wanted it to work. The Overflow Blog.
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Linked 3. Related 2. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Ask Different works best with JavaScript enabled. Accept all cookies Customize settings. 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? Or do they only start appearing after you have visited a particular site?
Also, note that your e-mail account could be hacked without malware being involved. That often happens with accounts on popular servers Yahoo, Hotmail, GMail, etc when you have a very weak account password. To rule out malware in all these cases, just download a copy of ClamXav and run a scan of your entire hard drive.
Sorry to say that I've just joined this club.. So much for progress.. I switched from Safari to Firefox and so far all is quiet on the download front. Thanks Thomas, the downloads only happen when I'm on the internet. It may be linked to a website I go to watch TV shows on, that's definitely when I notice it the most, but it happens other times too like when browsing other sites when I haven't opened that website.
Sep 13, PM. No viruses were found on the scan, does that mean the downloads are linked to a website I'm viewing then? Sep 14, AM. Question: Q: My mac keeps automatically downloading weird files More Less. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate.
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