iCloud & iCloud Photos · Desktop & Documents in iCloud
Will my Storage Studio rules still work on Documents if I sync it to iCloud?
Short answer: No. Once Documents syncs to iCloud, Storage Studio's rules skip it, because relocating iCloud files would look like deletions to iCloud. Either sync and use online-only, or keep it local and relocate folders to your fast drive.
No — once Documents syncs to iCloud, Storage Studio's rules leave it alone. Every file there is now an iCloud file, and relocating iCloud files to an external drive would look to iCloud like they'd been deleted, which could remove them from your other devices.
So choose one approach per folder:
- Sync with iCloud and save space with online-only files (Run Tuhi or Finder's Remove Download).
- Keep it local and let Storage Studio relocate big, rarely used subfolders to your fast drive, with a shortcut left behind.
Folders outside Desktop and Documents — for example a projects folder in your home folder — are unaffected and can still be relocated. See rules and iCloud.