Macbook automatically downloading files

It works by default like this on iPad but it seems that on the MacBook there's a different default where it tries to download everything. Open Finder. 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.

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Sep 8, AM. Used MacScan - it deleted a bunch of stuff, but the ad. Sep 8, PM. Sep 8, PM in response to ds store In response to ds store. 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. Hope I don't have to delete the files in iCloud Drive and put them back just to get my ipad to download them.

Posted on Jun 14, PM. We are not few, we are a lot, believe me. Most of the people give up to spend their time to explain, review, complain about something. It is good have an option to have all or some of our folders to be synced automatically.

Aug 8, PM. A smart cloud-based storage system should have a Keep-On-Device flag associated with each file on each device. If the Flag is ON, then the file should be downloaded onto the local device and kept in sync. If the Flag is OFF, then it is download only on a need-to-have basis; otherwise, it just sits on the cloud. This is all pretty much common sense -- and, therefore, not surprising the Apple's iCloud team hasn't figured it out given their track record. Why do end-users have to write long messages like this, and hope that they are implemented?!

Very frustrating. Oct 12, PM. Page content loaded. The whole notion of iCloud drive is that you can keep access to more documents than you can fit on your phone. If you want them all on your phone you will need to download them manually. Jun 15, AM. It's on my ipad but I assume your reply fits all iOS. I also have more than enough storrage on my iphone GB and iPad GB and I'm ok with downloading it manually but I'd like to download more than one file at the time and preferably all at once.

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