iCloud workflow help

[nizer]

I need to understand how I can use iCloud to back up my computer but then be able to disable it during the show so that Qlab and other iCloud resources don't gobble up my Wi-Fi and CPU. When I try to turn off iCloud, it asks if I wanted to remove all the content that I have which I never want to do.

[Alexander R. Taylor]

I would set this up using two user accounts.

A "shows" account with everything iCloud disabled.

A "niCloud" account that is logged in to iCloud and other services as needed.

Between shows or whenever needed, log into the niCloud account and run a script that copies (or rsyncs) the shows between your iCloud Drive and the /Users/Shared directory.

Then run a show from the shows account.

You could use a login script to forcibly disable WiFi, Bluetooth, anything you don't want running really on the shows account.

Alexander

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On Dec 15, 2025, at 6:37 PM, nizer <ma...@nizer.com> wrote:

I need to understand how I can use iCloud to back up my computer but then be able to disable it during the show so that Qlab and other iCloud resources don't gobble up my Wi-Fi and CPU. When I try to turn off iCloud, it asks if I wanted to remove all the content that I have which I never want to do.

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