This is one of the reasons I use a different cloud provider for archival purposes (documents I don't want to sync but want access to from anywhere). From the System Preferences > iCloud > Manage Unfortunately, iCloud (Documents) is a sync all/nothing proposition. I would like to save them only on iCloud. I desire to keep iCloud on all my Mac devices.MacBook Pro includedīut how can I avoid to save files in both MacBook storage AND iCloud? It's more akin to a USB drive that you connect to your Mac - just because you connect it doesn't mean your internal hard drive instantaneously grow in capacity. It's space in the cloud for you to store/synchronize files. Mac startup disk is full with a white screen Sometimes your Mac says startup disk is full but it’s not overloaded the operation can’t be completed because the disk is full. Best, Jesper MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 10.0. What is that all about I recently did a complete delete & reinstall of the unit so I know very well how much is on it - and it really is NOT full. So this morning I was using my MacBook Air just as normal. As you can see from the screenshots below the disc is NOT full - it says, however, that about 200Gb can be deleted. ICloud is not additional space that you can use to supplement your hard drive. Select Utilities > Share Disk, and click the drive from which you want to recover data.

This seems to make sense relative to what I have on the computer (I know I. If I check the different folders of the Harddrive, they sum up to 70 GB including the system folder. You need to free up space on your MacBook Pro. andmje said: Hello all, I have a 13' 120 GB macbook air that have been almost at capacity for a long time although I barely have anything stored on it.

My macbook air says disk is full