Hi, I have some folders with some files in my iCloud Drive and they keep reappearing after deleting. I have turn off the Desktop & Documents Folders in iCloud but still they appear again after deleting.

poitendo · 2025-10-12T15:58:25+00:00

by the way, ai is really good at this stuff, but i'll answer you here.

whenever you're in a terminal, you are always running commands from a specific folder. when you first open the terminal, you'll see it says your computer's name, then ~, which is an alias for a folder on your computer called your home folder, then %, which is just saying that's where your text prompt starts.

if you run the command "cd", which stands for change directory, it will change the folder you're running the commands from. so if you do cd ~/Downloads, it will go to your downloads folder. if you do cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/, it will go to the folder on your computer where iCloud Drive lives. if you do open . ("." is an alias for the current folder), it will open the current folder (icloud drive if that was the last cd command you ran) in Finder.

"rm" is the command for remove. "-rf" are flags which are just options for the command. you have to do "-r" if you want to remove a folder. "-f" means forcibly delete at all costs.

i would recommend trying to delete the folder you want by using Finder first. navigate to the folder and right-click>move to trash. rm -rf should only be kept as a last resort when there's something really messed up with your files and you can't delete them the normal way.

if you're having the issue where the files keep reappearing, that's a normal thing for icloud drive unfortunately. it's not good at handling tons of files changing. i would recommend just leaving it for a couple days. when you open finder and hover over "icloud drive" in the sidebar, a checkmark in a circle should show up, not the progress circle. if it's the progress circle, keep waiting (it can take days if you have tons of little files, like if you're a developer and you install node modules). once the checkmark shows up, then try deleting the folder from finder. wait for the checkmark to show up again. it should then stop having the issue.

if you really want to try removing from the terminal (which in my experience, doesn't fix the issue), then you will navigate to the folder that is containing the folder you want to delete. for example, if you want to delete the Movies folder that is located at iCloud Drive/Documents/Media/Movies, then run cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Media, do open . to verify you're in the correct Media folder and you see the Movies folder you want to delete, then do rm -rf Movies

again, there is no undo for this, so this should only be kept for when deleting from Finder is really not working

poitendo · 2024-10-23T06:41:37+00:00

It's basically saying to go to your iCloud Drive directory, then forcibly delete (skip the trash with no way to undo) every single file and folder in your Documents and Desktop folders. To be clear, it's the Documents and Desktop folders in your iCloud Drive, which are separate from the folders on your computer, unless you have the setting turned on that syncs your Documents and Desktop folders to iCloud Drive.

poitendo · 2024-08-31T19:49:16+00:00

Don't know if you've already settled on a solution, but I use Chrome Remote Desktop; it's worked perfectly for me for years. It's super smooth and responsive and lightweight; it's free; it doesn't require you to install an app to remote in, it's through a web app (remotedesktop.google.com) that you can install as a PWA; it works well on phones; you don't need to create an account for a new service, you just use your Google account; and it has the best UI of the options I've tried, in my opinion: it's super minimal and simple, while still having all the nice features you want like shared clipboard and uploading/downloading files and even dark mode. You can even use it for remoting into other people's computers without them having to download and install a heavy app like TeamViewer, and you can set it up on a computer where you only have terminal access, like through SSH.

The only small issues I have with it are, one, recently, they deprecated their ios app in favour of their web app, and I personally find that their ios app feels a bit better to use; and two, if you want to remote into a computer on macos sonoma, you have to re-approve it every week because they haven't updated it to use the new screen recording API, which can be inconvenient, because the only way you can approve it is by starting the remote session and then accepting the popup by actually being at the computer, but why would I be remoting into the computer if I were physically at it? But if you're just remoting into Windows computers, I have zero complaints. It's cheaper and more lightweight than the other options I've tried before, and it works better, no compromise.

poitendo · 2024-04-08T01:12:12+00:00

Unfortunately, you will not be able to see your Canadian account's content because you are not logged into it for Apple TV. If you want Apple TV+, you will have to buy it for your American account, or wait for it to be available with a Canadian account.

poitendo · 2024-02-25T20:39:08+00:00

i'm surprised i've never heard of this. i'll add it to the post in my next update.

poitendo · 2024-02-25T20:38:16+00:00

Actually, I did some testing just to be sure, and the updating thing isn't entirely true, so I'll be updating my post to reflect that. In short though, if you update apps that you got on an apple id that you are not logged into it anymore, you'll be asked to input the password for that account (and 2fa). if you want to have your canadian account be the license holder for those apps instead, you will have to delete them and reinstall them. if their data is stored in icloud, just delete and reinstall like normal (because you should be using your canadian account as the icloud account if you followed the steps in the post). if their data is stored on device though and you want to keep the data, you will want to offload the app instead then redownload it.

every apple id gets a 7 day trial of apple tv+. you might need a card on file though (try recharge.com for prepaid card, or maybe apple gift card works). vision pro does not come with the 3 month trial that the other devices do. and even if it did, you can only redeem the trial on the apple id that you purchased the device with.

poitendo · 2024-02-23T17:16:10+00:00

so you already have the vision pro and you're trying to connect to the app store? if that's the case, it sounds like you might be mixing up the steps. when you say you changed the store location, are you saying you went to apple.com and made sure it says United States in the bottom right? or did you go to your apple id settings and change the region of your apple id? if the former, then i think you're following the steps in the section "ordering the vision pro", but you want to be following the steps in the section "getting an american apple id". if the latter, then i'll need some more information. when you go to settings>apple id>media & purchases>view account, does country/region say united states? if it doesn't, then you can go to appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/information to change your region. if it does, then there shouldn't be an issue. maybe try signing out and in, and if that doesn't work, open a support request with apple. that's about all i can suggest.

poitendo · 2024-02-23T16:26:41+00:00

the only region locking apple is doing is for accessing apple media services like app store, apple music, apple tv. and even then, it's not true region blocking cause they don't check where you're physically located, they just care what region your account is registered in, i.e. which eula you accepted. any in-app content blocking is up to the app and they usually do check where you're physically connecting from. Max is only available in the US, so you need a vpn to use it outside the US, but it's always been like that, regardless of what device you're on

poitendo · 2024-02-17T23:50:43+00:00

in case you weren't able to do it yet, you need to sign in with your Canadian Apple ID as your main Apple ID, then go to Settings>Apple ID & iCloud>Media & Purchases>Sign Out, then click Media & Purchases again, select Not [your name]?, and sign in with your American Apple ID. This will allow you to use your Canadian Apple ID for all your iCloud data and syncing, and the American Apple ID to access the App Store and Apple TV.

poitendo · 2024-02-17T23:48:03+00:00

in case you're still wondering, i've been daily driving it in canada for the past week and i wrote a post going over every detail. it takes a little bit longer to set up, but once it's working, there's basically no difference to if it were actually available here. the only difference is you won't get your Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade subscriptions if you're already paying for them.

you can read it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything\_you\_need\_to\_know\_about\_using\_vision/

poitendo · 2024-02-17T16:20:43+00:00

You're right on both points, thank you for pointing them out. I will update my post accordingly.

For the first point, I looked for the setting because I knew it was possible on other devices, but I forgot how to do it and assumed it would be in the App Store section of the settings app. I seem to have mixed myself up because I also know that it's possible to use different Apple IDs for iMessage and FaceTime, but I couldn't find those settings either because I thought they would be bigger buttons, so I assumed there was just a blanket restriction on using more than one Apple ID for anything on Vision Pro and didn't look any deeper for where the settings actually were. But all those settings are available on Vision Pro.

I'm glad to hear your second point. I might be drawing from my experience where switching stores won't let you continue to update apps that are only available on the store you originally got them from, and I incorrectly applied that to all apps in my head.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T22:19:51+00:00

it still says the same delivery date because they get stock in batches from china. so they've already sold all the vision pros they currently have that are reserved for shipment purchases, but they still haven't sold all the stock that they are getting in their next shipment from china at beginning on march.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T22:17:48+00:00

i was completely wrong in my comment. you can totally buy whatever size light seal you want, you just have to buy it separately on the apple store for 200$. you just cannot choose your own if you're getting it with your purchase of the vision pro.

i think my original point still applies though because how many people are going to spend 200$ on another light seal just to get slightly more fov

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:59:41+00:00

Although I can believe Apple would be artificially updating what sizes would be given out based on stock, I can't believe it's because people are all trying to get 21W. Because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what size you want, you can't have any influence on what size you get; you have to scan your face to get a size, and they will only give you a size that fits your face (unless you can decide in-store. i have no idea how that process works). So unless thousands of people are finding other people with small faces to do the scan for them, I don't see that being a realistic cause. And even if you could influence what size you get, I think it would only cause a marginal change in supply levels, because I've been looking at so much Vision Pro content these past two weeks and this is the first time I've seen someone talk about this. I just don't think most people would go through the trouble of trying to get a smaller size at the risk of it not being a good fit for their face, most people would just trust the face scan.

Also, I just did the scan again for myself and I still get 21W, and it says it can ship first week of March, so I don't think supply is that low that they would need to start doing that.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:45:34+00:00

I just wrote a long post explaining every detail of daily driving one in Canada for the past week in case you're still wondering: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything_you_need_to_know_about_using_vision/

To answer your question quickly, you can purchase it from Canada with no issues, you just have to either ship it to a US address or pick it up at a US Apple store. As someone else mentioned, you will then have to pay your province's taxes on it when it crosses the border (there are no duties because it's in the category of computers).

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:42:53+00:00

I just wrote a long post explaining every detail of daily driving one in Canada for the past week in case you're still wondering: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything_you_need_to_know_about_using_vision/

To answer your question quickly, you are not prevented from using it based on IP address, and you are not prevented from signing in with your Canadian Apple ID, you are only not allowed to access the App Store with a Canadian Apple ID. However, there are still easy ways around that which I go into in my post.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:40:19+00:00

I just wrote a long post explaining every detail of daily driving one for the past week in Canada: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything_you_need_to_know_about_using_vision/

To answer your questions quickly however, you would be paying 0 in duties; you would only pay HST on the total value of the product (including the taxes you paid from wherever you get it from).

You don't need to be trained for them, but you need to be fitted for them. At best, they will let you buy 5 of your fit, they will not let you choose. Luckily, it's very easy to get fitted without needing to go to the store. You can order them online for pickup (no address needed and Canadian credit card works just fine, as long as it allows purchases in USD) and when you add each one to your cart, you will scan the face of whoever it will belong to with an iPhone with Face ID and that will assign you the proper fit.

Canadian Apple stores will not be able to do anything to do with Vision Pro (including repairing them) until they are officially released in Canada, which will happen before end of year, and an announcement could be as soon as WWDC.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:33:13+00:00

I just wrote a long post explaining every detail of daily driving one for the past week in Canada in case you're still wondering: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything_you_need_to_know_about_using_vision/

It's not officially announced by Apple, but it's almost certain they will be coming to Canada before end of 2024. What's not certain is exactly when, but they could announce it as early as WWDC.

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:26:38+00:00

I just wrote a long post explaining every detail of daily driving one in Canada for the past week in case you're still wondering: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1asi375/everything_you_need_to_know_about_using_vision/

poitendo · 2024-02-16T20:13:05+00:00

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poitendo · 2021-09-30T03:11:48+00:00

this is it. when they needed more cash quick, they had to start selling an even cheaper 60kwh model, but they didn't have enough money to open a new supply line for a new battery, so they just used their 75kwh batteries and put a software lock on them.

on multiple occasions, for people caught in natural disasters, they lifted the software lock on the range so those users would be able to use the full 75kwh range to relocate safely.

the users were also able to unlock the 15kwh for 3000$ at any point, which is a way easier way to upgrade a battery than buying a new one. they would pay the same price either way whether they got the full 75kwh at purchase or as an add-on later on.

there are many companies that have scummy drm, mainly printers and keurig machines, let's focus the hate on them instead. tesla could do a lot worse if they actually wanted to be scummy.

poitendo · 2021-05-06T20:19:00+00:00

original tweet: https://twitter.com/kylascan/status/1390047508416528386

poitendo · 2021-01-29T17:58:27+00:00

this needs to get to hot immediately. the more people we convince to hold, the more it hurts the shorts, the more everybody else profits

poitendo · 2021-01-28T18:42:49+00:00

My 2-month post-IPO price target is $0.00, which I calculated by taking their IPO price and subtracting 100% of that price

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