timeshifter
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Found something odd on a customer's system today. According to his settings in System Preferences - Apple ID - iCloud Drive - Desktop & Documents Folders was unchecked. However all of his "documents" and most of his "desktop" where in the local locations you'd find them if that preference was on. i.e. they were stored in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/Documents and ~/Library/Mobile Documents/Desktop
This caused Carbonite to skip these files, because they weren't in ~/Documents and ~/Desktop as usual. Also, I learned that Carbonite doesn't really play well with iCloud Drive anyway.
He didn't care about using iCloud Drive. I moved all the files to their normal location and all is well.
However, I'd really like to know how it got like that? I've noticed before that if you turn iCloud Drive on or off you'll end up with new folders and other signs that it had been used. Forget the exact name of the new folders, usually something with "(Archive)" in the name. But in this case none of that existed.
He was a little frustrated that Carbonite hadn't been working. I explained it wasn't really Carbonite's fault.
In my mind if you're not using iCloud Drive then your files should be in the normal location.
Thoughts?
This caused Carbonite to skip these files, because they weren't in ~/Documents and ~/Desktop as usual. Also, I learned that Carbonite doesn't really play well with iCloud Drive anyway.
He didn't care about using iCloud Drive. I moved all the files to their normal location and all is well.
However, I'd really like to know how it got like that? I've noticed before that if you turn iCloud Drive on or off you'll end up with new folders and other signs that it had been used. Forget the exact name of the new folders, usually something with "(Archive)" in the name. But in this case none of that existed.
He was a little frustrated that Carbonite hadn't been working. I explained it wasn't really Carbonite's fault.
In my mind if you're not using iCloud Drive then your files should be in the normal location.
Thoughts?