ICloud drive saves multiple copies?!?

I'm using this new Yosemite feature, iCloud drive. It seems like that if I save a file in the folder and open it up with an application, I get two copies of the same file. One copy in the iCloud folder and another in the folder of the app inside iCloud folder!?!
Sorry, I don't get it. Today I also got in the "Preview" folder INSIDE iCloud folder, two files with .alias extension, what?!?
need help
thanks
Marco

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