icloud drive

So I have been contemplating getting a 2TB plan for my family. I am wondering though that once we start family sharing, do we share just one iCloud Drive and files account? I ask because there are work files and folders I would like to keep separate, but I don’t know if by sharing, my wife and...

I just ordered a 13” MBP with 512 GB storage. I’m coming from an iMac where I had 1 TB and plenty of USB ports I could keep hard drives connected to. Now that I’m moving to a more mobile setup with smaller storage, I’m curious how others get by. I could just offload a bunch of files I don’t need...

Anyone know what to do? iCloud Drive alone is taking up 14gb on my iCloud plan and nothing is working. Here’s what I’ve been trying to do: settings > click on my Apple ID > ICloud > manage storage > iCloud Drive > delete documents and data I do that but the delete button does absolutely...

I have never done a clean install since 2008. Every time a new OS came out, I would either migrate or do a TimeMachine restore. I am not sure if it is the mechanical hard drive slowing things down in 2019 (have a 2014 iMac, 24GB ram with the fusion drive), but I want to do a clean install. I...

Does anyone know a way to download iCloud Photos and keep the file creation date the same as the photo shooting date, and not the downloaded file date? When I download photos or videos from iCloud website, or use any third app to do the same (like anytrans), the downloaded file EXIF data will...

My MBP is about to head in for some upgrades (the guy who does the work is backed up and lives an hour away). So, I'm going to be using my wife's 2015 MBP 2.5i7 512ssd (heck of a machine that I bought legitimately for $1,100.00 a year ago thanks to a friend owning a pawn shop), which means I...

I have contents on iCloud that were generated from years ago by different devices that are now aggregated on iCloud Drive. I upgraded my Macbook Air (mid 2012) to High Sierra OS 10.13.4 and my iPhone 7 plus to iOS 12.1.4, both supporting iCloud Drive. I logged into my iCloud Drive online and...

My wife's iphone 6s needs repair and the temporary 5s has only 32 gigs of storage. I cannot restore the WhatsApp media because after downloading the backup (probably 8.03GB) it appears WhatsApp tries to unzip the backup files. Now the local storage consumed is separated into: 8.03 GB in my...

I am curious to know what the break down of what plans are best for different users and what if any use iCloud Drive is used for ? Curious to hear any comments on iCloud Drive use and what storage plan you use it and support your use of multiple apple devices?

Hi, I've recently upgraded one of my imacs to the latest Imac (poor mans edition) in the old one i've had 2TB Hybrid drive and all was nice and fast, this one have the nasty 5400rpm hdd and it's a huge bottleneck, i've already ordered SSD but to save space i've also ordered an external USB3...

Hey iOS 7 squad, I need some advice since I need to transfer my WhatsApp data from my iPhone 4 to my new 7 Plus. Here's my thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/icloud-to-icloud-drive-data.2157979/ Let me resume a little bit: I can do the WhatsApp chat history backup (from the app on the...

Hey guys! Lately, I'm struggling with migrating my info from my iPhone 4, my current phone (yes, 2010 FTW...), to my 7+, that is my new one. With all the photos and videos I haven't had trouble since I connected the old phone to the PC and downloaded them in a moment. I also have other apps in...

Hello, Iam trying to open my files created by my iPhone on iCloud drive on a clean install to El Capitan but when enabling iCloud drive i get a message saying setting up iCloud drive and keep trying to load forever!! I wonder if iCloud Drive still accessible under El Capitan ... anybody else...

As the subject; Is there a way to save documents only on iCloud Drive? For example: I have 138 GB of old documents located on an external drive. I have only 130 GB left on my Mac, but 1,57 TB on iCloud Drive. I want to copy these documents to iCloud Drive, so I don't need that old drive (and...

I've added the person's email address and when they click on the link to the zip file, their Mac asks them which program to use to open it. I've checked it on my Mac (although obviously I'm logged into iCloud so the result might be different) and it immediately starts to retrieve and unpack the...

I found iCloud was inexplicably signed out automatically when I noticed my e-mail accounts (include iCloud account and a 3rd party account) in Email.app was disappeared, and all my e-mails were gone. Then I went to System Preference Settings pane to check iCloud's status when I found that my...

Hi. I posted this recently on macOS/mojave area. I'm sure there's a programmers solution to be discovered, hoping for more luck here. I have a folder thats very active in iCloud, consistently removing/renaming/adding files. It pains me to open illustrator or Photoshop and find that the file I'm...

I have a folder thats very active in iCloud, consistently removing/renaming/adding files. It pains me to open illustrator or Photoshop and find that the file I'm hoping to get to work on has the little cloud icon that means it needs to be downloaded first. For a couple jpegs no drama really -...

The title pretty much sums it up. However, I was able to upload several hundred individual files and zip-archives without any issues just a few hours ago. Now I receive the following error messages when I try to upload PDF or .docx files. Note: I am not trying to upload any folders, which is why...

Over the course of the last 2-3 months, I kept adding some large files to the Documents folder on my Mac (with the option for the Documents and Desktop being synced via iCloud). I originally figured I'd delete them from there once I don't use them anymore since I don't want to upgrade my iCloud...