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  1. F

    iCloud Drive - highlights and notes

    Hey, I have tons of pdfs on my iCloud account as I find it useful to read scientific articles on my iPad. The problem is that most of the times I like as well to annotate them or to simply highlight certain parts. On iBooks I've seen that you can't do that with pdfs. But on the iCloud Drive app...
  2. jmelrose

    iCloud Photo Library messing with iTunes photo sync

    I'm having an issue with iCloud library talking to my iOS devices. I don't know when things changed, but I am running 10.0.2 on my iPhone and 10.1 beta on my iPad. My Mac is running Sierra. I have had my photos on iCloud Photo Library for 6+ months. When I first started to use it, I remember...
  3. CloudSpeaker

    iCloud Photos Missing in iOS

    I'm having an ongoing issue with pictures syncing correctly and showing an identical state between my macOS Sierra iMac, and an iPhone 7 and iPad Air 2, both runnin iOS 10.0.2. I have roughly 5,700 pics organized into roughly 2 dozen folders. On the iCloud website, everything shows and is...
  4. R

    ICloud selective use ?

    Hi, I would like to know if it is worthwhile opening an ICloud account to share phtos on a selective basis. What I want to do is to upload only those photos I wish to share with certain friends, not all my photos in Mac Photos. I do not wish to upload all my photos, only the ones I choose. I...
  5. eiprol

    Desktop iCloud storage just messed all my files

    Can anyobody explain me how the heck Desktop iCloud storage works? I think I've messed all my documents without even knowing how. And thanks to iCloud. Since the beginning, I've known that coming from Apple, it would probably try to manage my files without letting me choose, and that it would...
  6. S

    Massively confused about AppleID, iCloud passwords and Keychain Access

    I recently had an issue with pop up password requests asking for my iCloud password for Messages. I entered what I thought was my 'AppleID' password, which I have been using for years to log into the Apple Store and iTunes Store, thinking this is what I was being asked for, but it was rejected...
  7. Matouš

    How to remove Mac from iCloud?

    I wanted to sell my iMac so I erased the hard disk and reinstalled the OS X bout then I realized that I haven't disassociated my Apple ID. I can log in on the mac with any Apple ID so there is no proble, but I can't remove this iMac from my Apple account. Do you know how to remove the Mac from...
  8. M

    iOS 10 Photos: do Memories sync across devices?

    I had the public beta running on my iPad, now installed the release version on my iPhone. I have the impression that the Memories which had been created on my iPad have been synced to my iPhone, although my earlier understanding was that People and Memories didn't sync across iCloud. Does...
  9. Max0765

    Can't connect to cloud in itunes after update 12.5.1

    Hi, I am wondering if i'm the only one who can't connect to my iCloud music library after i have updated to iTunes 12.5.1 I'm getting a message every 5 minutes that say's can't connect to iCloud music library and that's about it.. Is there a work around? Thanks :D
  10. J

    (Solved) iCloud music library won't sync across all devices

    Solved, found this in another thread. Possible solution! I signed out of my iTunes account on all devices. Then signed in. I had to go back to settings and turn on iCloud Music Library on each device but it seems to be working!
  11. S

    Set up as new or restore from iCloud

    On the eve of the next iPhone, I want to pose an age-old question. When you get a new iDevice, do you restore from an iCloud backup or set up as a new iPhone? I used to prefer setting up as a new iPhone. Many of my apps and services are cloud-based, so simply signing into a few things bring...
  12. V

    Photos iCloud getting onto new iPhone

    Hi, apologies if this is the wrong forum to post this query into. I've recently bitten the bullet and upgraded my iCloud storage and backed up all of my iPhone videos and photos innit to iCloud (1500 photos and videos). I've chosen to keep the originals on my iPhone 6 as well (I have a 128 MB...
  13. qubex

    “Finish changing your iCloud password"

    Hello. I’m running macOS Sierra (latest public beta build 16A312a). Yesterday I rotated my iCloud password (as I am wont to do for safety) and all hell broke loose. Photos crash on launch and whenever I enable photos sharing in the iCloud control panel (this may, or may not, be related). At...
  14. X3n0n

    Some iCloud features broken on latest Beta ?

    Hi every one, I installed laster Public Beta this week, and I noticed that : - iCloud Photo seems broken (checkbox is unchecked in iCloud settings, I saw some peoples having the same problem here - iMessage doesn't use my phone number anymore, no more iMessage sync between iPhone/Mac, no more...
  15. Nimoy

    How to remove iCloud files from my Mac's hard drive

    I've got over 100gb of available iCloud storage and my Mac is nearly full. So I moved some of my large video files to iCloud to free up space on my Mac. The problem is that the files are still stored locally on my Mac! Is there any way to store the files only on iCloud so I can free up space on...
  16. taptic

    Resolved How to keep iCloud photos on Mac?

    If I have an iPhone syncing photos to my Mac over iCloud, how can I delete certain ones from my iPhone while still keeping them on the Mac?
  17. rrondeau

    Odd iCal/iCloud Question

    I currently work for a professional moving company that's using the iCloud Calendar to schedule moves. It displays our availability in one color/calendar and when a service is booked, the event is switched to a different color/calendar. Previously, we've had the phones of our Operations Team...
  18. I

    iCloud Drive on iOS 10

    One of my biggest grievances with iCloud Drive on my iPhone (and the main reason I haven't completely transitioned from Dropbox to iCloud Drive) is that if I want to look at a Word/Pages document saved to my iCloud Drive, instead of opening up a preview of the document in the iCloud Drive app...
  19. cudo

    Text messages backup option missing in iCloud/iPhone.

    Hi, I am trying to back up my old iPhone 6, when I go settings -> iCloud I cannot see option to back up my messages, when I log in to icloud.com I cannot see messages tab either. The iPhone has no sim card in it. Does it affect anything? Am I missing something obvious?
  20. HappyDude20

    EVERYTHING, ALL of my files are in iCloud, EXCEPT....

    iCloud 1TB a month holds huge amounts of music, documents, files, folders, scans, pdfs, etc... even gigs of photos. EXCEPT... My Current Camera Roll It's a bit frustrating knowing everything is properly backed up, including photos from previous iPhones except my most recent photos on the...