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Does anyone know if there is a way to disable iCloud for documents only? (I am using DropBox and would like all my documents to be in the same place).
I am using Mountain Lion and in my prefs there is an iCloud section where I can untick "Documents & Data". But what's the data part? I only want to disable iCloud documents.
Hope someone can help/clarify.
Thanks 🙂
You can disable iCloud on iWork by going to the Settings app, and scroll down to the install apps settings, you will find each iWork app has it's own section, Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
In each iWork app's settings there is an option "Use iCloud". Turn this to off, and keep the Documents and Data in the iCloud menu on.
For Mac, the iWork apps do not support iCloud Document Sync. (If you enable sync on iOS, the files created on iOS will download into your library, you can't open them however, and you are unable to upload to iCloud in iWork)
In Mountain Lion they will, but it appears that iCloud Doc sync integration will be at the OS Level, rather than iWork app level. Instead being more like DropBox* where you have an area (I say area, because it's not a folder, but it's quite similar to one) for iCloud.
*Although this area only seems to appear in Open/Save Dialogs, and will only show files that are registered to the App.
Actually I found there's a switch in System Preferences > iCloud > Documents & Data
Best Answer
Having
Documents & Dataactive doesn't mean that your documents get saved to iCloud. Some applications might choose to store settings and data that could be shared between your devices. If you disableDocuments & Datayou disable this possibility.You can always check your iCloud account if there are any documents already saved. Go to 'System Preferences -> iCloud
and clickManage`. You can here see what applications that are using the storage.You can see that in my case I have documents from Pages and TextEdit. I have chosen to save them there. It's not anything that your computer do automatically.
I'm myself also using Dropbox for documents but I really see no reason to deactivate iCloud
Documents & Data