When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.

With some decent file management, these arrangements can work well.

Heres how its done.

How to keep to keep iCloud Drive files downloaded on your Mac

When this happens, a files stub remains on your machine but its data is stored in iCloud Drive.

It makes for a seamless experience and its generally recommended that you make use of the feature.

Simplyselect the Apple menuandclick System parameters.

How to keep to keep iCloud Drive files downloaded on your Mac

You will find a list of recommendations justclick Optimizenext to Store in iCloud.

Identify an item that you want to remain on your Mac andcontrol-snag the filethenselect Keep Downloaded.

You wont, however, then be able to go into that folder and unpin individual files.

How to keep to keep iCloud Drive files downloaded on your Mac

And there you go.

You now know how to keep to keep iCloud Drive files downloaded on your Mac.

How to keep to keep iCloud Drive files downloaded on your Mac

Apple iPhone 16 - 128GB - Pink

iPhone 16 128GB

Straight Talk

View Similar Amazon US

iCloud and Google Drive on phones

MacBook Pro 16-inch 2021 sitting on a patio table

iPhone 16 Pro shown held in hand

Apple iPhone 16 held in the hand.

Best cloud storage

MacBook Pro 2021 (16-inch) on a patio table

Mac Studio on a desk hooked up to a Studio DIsplay

Cyberpunk 2077 on MacBook Pro

MacBook Prime Day

Apple Magic Mouse USB-C

Bed bugs

Apple iPhone 16 held in the hand.

Ninja Air Fryer

Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler in "Law & Order: Organized Crime" season 5

Samsung The Frame TV deal