Mac 911 How to keep an iCloud Drive file on your Mac while optimizing storage Apple finally gives you a sticky option.

Additionally, what you may not know is that iCloud Drive can automatically balance cloud and local storage. When you open a file, your Mac downloads and keeps a local copy for quick access.

Download that file again from iCloud Drive, and versions saved on that Mac (but not other Macs or devices) have remained fully accessible. Do that in 14.4, and all previous versions are now ...