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    what if you put a hidden .nosync file in the folder will that also stop the folder from syncing? Commented Aug 19, 2017 at 17:03
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    I want to avoid syncing a "build" folder too. In that case, I cannot change the name of that folder. Commented Jan 7, 2018 at 9:31
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    This is not really accurate. The directory continues to sync up when a .nosync file is added; additionally, iCloud even seems to behave like the contents of the directory are uploading, and may even take up space, though I don't want to risk losing space that will never return, as I've seen many reports of space never de-allocating. The directory will show up in iCloud, though appears empty. In Finder, the .nosync file will be deemed "inelligible," but all the other files are considered "Downloaded." This is is disconcerting. Compare: i.imgur.com/uYybYAK.png Commented Jul 9, 2018 at 17:12
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    This didn’t work for me. I created an empty file called .nosync in the folder but everything else in the folder still synced. I created some new files in the folder and they were uploaded to iCloud Drive. I’m using Mojave. Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 5:11
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    2019-07-12 - this no longer seems to work. I have tried it on High Sierra (10.13.6) and Mojave (10.14.5) and even with .nosync files on each Mac, new content continues to sync. A sub-folder named "test.nosync" does not sync, nor do files which end with .nosync. But that's obviously less than ideal. Commented Jul 12, 2019 at 19:38