Hello. I would like to understand how iCloud calculates storage quota to help me in deleting data that seems to be taking up lots of space. I recently acquired a NAS, and would like to reduce my monthly iCloud bill by reducing the quota to 50GB for now as I move data to the NAS.
As per my own account, I see that I am using about 16GB by doing a simple addition of the indicated usages.
First question: Why does the summary indicate that I am using 0 bytes?
I further opened iCloud storage on a family member's ipad. According to iCloud in this iPad, I am using 113GB while family member is using 81GB. Why such a total mismatch everywhere? Am I misinterpreting the graphics?
Final question, how do I know what exactly is using this storage? I have switched off iCloud photo storage after downloading everything locally to my computer. I even deleted half my library on iCloud photos online and purged them from trash. I have checked my folders and there are no significantly large files but I am still lost as to what may be happening. Any ideas please?
As per my own account, I see that I am using about 16GB by doing a simple addition of the indicated usages.
First question: Why does the summary indicate that I am using 0 bytes?
I further opened iCloud storage on a family member's ipad. According to iCloud in this iPad, I am using 113GB while family member is using 81GB. Why such a total mismatch everywhere? Am I misinterpreting the graphics?
Final question, how do I know what exactly is using this storage? I have switched off iCloud photo storage after downloading everything locally to my computer. I even deleted half my library on iCloud photos online and purged them from trash. I have checked my folders and there are no significantly large files but I am still lost as to what may be happening. Any ideas please?
