Cloud storage
iCloud Drive and other sync folders. Removing a synced file removes it everywhere, so the app never does.
9 entries in 1 group.
- Safe
- Its owner recreates it by itself when it needs it, and nothing you made is lost.
- Usually safe
- It can be recreated, but it takes a download, a reinstall or the tool's own command.
- Review first
- It's your own data, or hard to recreate. Decide item by item.
- Managed by macOS
- macOS manages it. It's never moved to the Trash.
Cloud storage
- Box Drive cacheCopies of Box files you've opened recently, which Box Drive keeps so they open quickly.Usually safe~/
Library/ Application Support/ Box/ Box/ cache - Box Drive folderYour Box folder, with the Box files that are downloaded to this Mac.Usually safe~/
Library/ CloudStorage/ Box-* - Dropbox cacheTemporary copies of files that Dropbox keeps for performance and as a staging area for uploads and downloads.Usually safe~/
Library/ Group Containers/ *.com.getdropbox.dropbox.sync/ root-mount - Dropbox folderYour Dropbox folder, with the Dropbox files that are downloaded to this Mac.Usually safe~/
Library/ CloudStorage/ Dropbox* - Google Drive app data (DriveFS)Google Drive for desktop's account databases, logs and local cache, including changes that haven't finished uploading.Review first~/
Library/ Application Support/ Google/ DriveFS - Google Drive folderYour streamed Google Drive, with the Drive files that are downloaded to this Mac.Usually safe~/
Library/ CloudStorage/ GoogleDrive* - iCloud DriveThe iCloud Drive files that are downloaded to this Mac, including the iCloud folders that apps use.Usually safe~/
Library/ Mobile Documents - OneDrive folderYour OneDrive folders, with the OneDrive files that are downloaded to this Mac.Usually safe~/
Library/ CloudStorage/ OneDrive* - Other cloud storage foldersA folder that a cloud storage app keeps in CloudStorage, with the files it has downloaded to this Mac.Usually safe~/
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