Download files deativated on icloud

In doing so it also apparently removed many local copies of the iCloud Drive files I have Documents and Desktop sync'd , as the little cloud appeared next to many of them. At the same time the Finder started to try and upload 22GB of files crazy because they were all up there in iCloud Drive. I sought help from Apple and they make me deactivate iCloud Drive which created a folder with all my files -except for the iWork and similar files, in the Home folder.

Upon reactivation iCloud Drive is not making any progress with the download The 'expert' said that if I paste the iCloud Drive Archive folder inside it will only create duplicates.

What can I do? How can I solve this? My last resort is to back restoring the system from Time Machine but I would like to know why iCloud Drive is not downloading the files. When you enable iCloud Drive, it has to go through a very slow process for each container of files before they show up. Each App Folder is one such container, and then all standalone files including Desktop and Documents goes in a generic container.

In this time sync will not finish. If you have just enabled iCloud drive either on a new computer or because you had turned it off and you have a lot of files, trying to leave it plugged in etc.

Do not try to turn it off and then on, because it'll just start over. I'm not sure why this happens, but it's the way it works right now. So if you don't see files after turning it on, let it sit for at least a day or two of having proper power and internet connection before trying other things.

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? What is going on, and how can get my file back? But first I need my reference library. Posted on Feb 27, AM. Page content loaded. Feb 27, PM in response to magnus. Then go to the Finder Sidebar. Copy the files from iCloud Drive to a folder other than Documents and the Desktop.

Rearrange the files as desired. Feb 27, PM. Thanks, but how exactly will that help? The library is still not downloaded, thus cannot be moved or copied. I even tried to disable iCloud drive entirely, delte all local content after it was archived in a separate folder by iCloud , and reactivate iCloud drive.

After all files had been deleted locally, and iCloud drive deactivated and reactivated. What this seems to have caused, however, is that Preview will no longer open PDFs propely. It only opens a very low resolution versions of PDFs and other images, unreadable, and is unable to load the thumbnails.

These are files from an external HD, and hence have never been near any iCloud-synced folder. Not that preview sync with iCloud is disabled, since all iCloud syncing is disabled. Yet Preview seems to be loading the files over the internet somehow, and with the extremely slow connection this isn't really working.

If you turned on iCloud Drive using iCloud for Windows on a PC, you can pin a file or folder to keep it downloaded to your device. Any changes you make to the file will automatically upload to iCloud Drive when you're back online. If you need to access a file that you deleted within the last 30 days, follow these steps to get it back. Learn how to recover deleted files in the Files app.

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Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. Contact the vendor for additional information. On iCloud. Work with iCloud Drive files offline If you're about to go offline, you can download iCloud Drive files locally to work on while you're not connected to the internet.

Open the file, or control-click the file, then select Download Now. Go to the file that you want to store on your device. Tap the file to download it, or touch and hold the file, then choose Download. Open iCloud Drive.