Sharing pictures and videos with friends and family without putting it on social media.
Share Photos and Videos using iCloud in the Apple Photos application without social media.
Uncheck the box "Optimize Mac Storage" if you have enough space on your drive.
According to Apple’s instruction manual I understood that files would be stored on the cloud only if the Mac were running low on space. My 14” MB Pro has ample storage space left, and so I assumed that all the original files would be stored on the internal solid state drive. Much to my surprise, the large Master file that I needed for the template was not stored on my Mac.