I want to opt out of iCloud.

I don't think I signed up for iCloud when I started up this new mac. I keep getting a notice on my screen, (really annoying, all the time) that iCloud is having trouble with the password. I have been ignoring it for some time but I want it to go away. When I went to uncheck "documents and data" from my iCloud it tells me that it will delete it from iCloud AND my computer! I don't know what is saved but I don't want it to delete ANYTHING from my computer.
How do I avoid this and not have iCloud in my life.
I don't use iTunes with my Apple id, I share my husbands and I am afraid it is also going to screw that up.
I am now on Mavericks.

Sadly, it deleted my whole calendar, even tho I only used it on the laptop. I am sure I will be missing documents, music, etc. I have been using Macs since 1991 and this incident just *****! I avoided this because I thought this would happen. I hate to update for this same reason.

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To opt-out of BT FON simply follow the steps below:
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What a nightmare!
I upgraded my Mac OS X yesterday to Mountain Lion and with it came the choice to opt into iCloud. I NEVER usually go for this sort of thing as technology and I are not very close... but something in me said 'go on, get with the times' but I should have instinctively stayed right away from it because now that I want to turn it off it is giving me that awful message saying 'all documents and data will be deleted from this Mac' *** Apple... seriously?
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As I'm not very tech savvy... PLEASE tell me how to go about ensuring all my documents and data (whatever the latter refers to) are safely saved on my Mac HD as they have always been... so that I can confidently get off the cloud!
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Hi pvonk and thanks so much for taking the time to reply and for your intormation. Apologies if my post was confusing, I thought my intro was clear, i.e. the reason why I opted in and the reason for the post, i.e. the warning message that comes up. So if I may explain further... I don't want to use iCloud and should never have opted in, especially now I see how hard it is to get out.
Your instructions are clear but what worries me is that just the action of unchecking each switch in the iCloud preferences generates the warning I got (which prompted this post), i.e. it tells me if I do this the information / files / etc will be deleted from my Mac. I do not see the option you write about where I am asked to copy my contacts, etc saved in iCloud to my local drive.
However - are you saying that before the step of iCloud deleting my files from my Mac there is another step where iCloud actually asks you if you want to save the files to your hard drive?
I am a complete novice and your kindness and patience is appreciated. All I've done so far is accepted the invitation to join iCloud that generated when I upgraded to Mountain Lion OS X. I haven't manually saved anything to iCloud but I'm assuming it doesn't work that way. I'm assuming my files automatically got sent to 'the cloud' when I accepted the invitation. Am I correct in assuming this? I can still see all the files on my hard drive so does that mean I still have copies here? I really don't understand anything about iCloud and obvsioulsy should have just stayed right away from it. Unfortunately I now find myself in this situation and need to navigate safely out of it. I have so many important files on my Mac as I use it for my creative enterprise. ALL my photos and ALL my design files are stored here (and yes I back up regularly using My Passport).
I'm just really wary of accepting the prompt when I switch off each preference in iCloud because I don't want to delete all that important information from my Mac.
Have I confused you more or made my situation clearer? Hopefully the latter

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HT4847 How to clean out my icloud

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