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icloud

  1. ThatSomeone

    Google account being synced in preference app through iCloud?

    I just got my new 16” M1 MacBook Pro set up, and it’s time to get the old one wiped and ready for the next owner! I’m going to wipe it, but I figured it’s best to get my Google account off it from the preferences app anyway. But when I try to delete it with the - I get a pop up telling me to...
  2. R

    Will my Photo Albums be preserved when I start iCloud Photos?

    I have a large Photos library on the hard disk on my iMac, sorted into about 200 albums under "My Albums". When I turn on iCloud Photos to upload the photos, will they show up on my devices and the web version of Photos in those same albums or will all the photos be placed in one library without...
  3. L

    How to remove profile photo from shared notes?

    I added a profile photo on icloud shared notes by mistake from my Macbook now I can’t remove it and I don’t have access to my macbook Is there any way to remove it??
  4. dogen

    iCloud iOS backs up camera roll to iCloud regardless of Photos settings

    I recently added iCloud storage in preparation for a new iPhone. As part of the process I backed up an iPhone 6. To my surprise the backup took up about 35GB of iCloud space, so much that I got an alert to upgrade my 50GB plan to 200GB. I went from about 3.5GB of iCloud use to 50GB-plus. Since...
  5. R

    Some photos won't delete from bulk deletion in messages

    So I'm trying to clear up some space for my iCloud backups and I've been trying to delete a lot of old photos sent through messages. I go to the person name and see all the photos and start selecting a bunch of them. I click delete but most of the photos just stay there. Is there something...
  6. dliwski

    iCloud Keychain doesn't sync across devices and I can't turn it off

    Hello! After setting up my new iPhone I have noticed that all my passwords are gone. I still have access to them on my Mac and iPad, but unfortunately keychain doesn't sync anymore. I tried to turn it off on every single device, but it goes back on immediately after and nothing happens...
  7. purdnost

    iCloud Photo Storage - Would This Work?

    I want a place to store all of my wife’s and my photos and videos from the last several years. Currently, everything is on a portable hard drive, but we don’t have a way to access the content on the fly. I’m also worried about data corruption and drive failure. I’m not sure I want NAS because...
  8. I

    iCloud iCloud Photos - iMac, iPad, iPhone - what library is the master?

    Hi, My wife has an iMac (2015 Big Sur 3TB Fusion drive) which holds all her photographs. The library of photos on this iMac has grown over years from when she began using iPhoto on a G4 iMac to the Photos app she now uses. So she has photos on her iMac that she doesn't have anywhere else and...
  9. H

    Problem with Music app loading

    I have a M1 MBP running Big Sur 11.6. I have a music library of 31 GB, resident on the local HDD. Thinks have been 'OK' (though I consider iTunes to have been a seriously-flawed program in 2001 which got more flawed with each iteration, and the Music app has maintained that devolution). But I...
  10. T

    Best icloud backup alternative for iPhones?

    Hi. My 5GB free iCloud storage is about to run out. What are my options for apps that automatically backup my photos to the cloud AND not delete my photos when I delete the photos from my phone? Thanks
  11. J

    iCloud iCloud Photo Memories Disappear

    I noticed a strange issue with iCloud Photo Memories. Every day for the last week or so, the same 3 memories will get generated on my iPhone, and then they seem to disappear / self delete on their own. I have three existing memories and they did sync to my Mac correctly. Has anyone else had...
  12. L

    ICloud shows 10GB of space but says too full to upload 19 photos?

    Hi, I'm confused. I got a message in Photos today on my iPhone saying that it can no longer upload any photos or video because iCloud is now full (and also that 19 photos weren't backed up). But when I went to settings>iCloud, it shows that I still have almost a full 10GB of open/free space...
  13. D

    Apple Photos icloud family album

    I know this topic has been discussed many times, but still: My wife and i use one account in google photos to sync pics to cloud. This is not possible in Apple photos + icloud, we use different icloud accounts. Does anybody know if this feature will ever be released? The existing family...
  14. fishcharlie

    New iPhone - Restore iMessage in iCloud Pictures

    I recently got a new iPhone, and restored from my iCloud Backup. I have iMessage in iCloud enabled, and overnight all my conversations were synced down to my new device. However, I just realized that media content (pictures, video, audio, etc) did not sync over. It just shows an empty chat...
  15. S

    iCloud Messages in the Cloud not syncing with all my devices...only some...

    Hey all - Does Messages in the Cloud actually work? I have four Apple devices. 2 out of the four seem to have my entire Messages in the Cloud history but my new iPhone 13 Pro Max doesn't seem to have all the message history, yet my new iPad mini does have the entire Messages in the Cloud...
  16. Sankel

    iCloud Photos uploaded with iCloud tool for Windows don't show up on iPhone

    Hi! I'm switching from Google Photos to iCloud Photos. So I'm downloading all my photos to my PC and uploading them to iCloud with the iCloud tool for Windows. All the photos are uploaded nicely, I can see them on icloud.com. But they don't show up on my iPhone. Things I've checked; - In...
  17. S

    Messages in the Cloud not syncing with all devices

    Hey all - Does Messages in the Cloud actually work? I have four Apple devices. 2 out of the four seem to have my entire Messages in the Cloud history but my new iPhone 13 Pro Max doesn't seem to have all the message history, yet my new iPad mini does have the entire Messages in the Cloud...
  18. W

    iCloud Account Can't Send Mail from Apple Mail Big Sur

    I'm at my wit's end trying to solve this problem. I've been trying to work with Apple Support on this issue since mid-July and keep getting bounced around in their system and have yet to get any help in resolving it. I am using a 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD drive...
  19. michalm

    iCloud Device missing in "Find my..."

    I have a family set up and one of my users is using several devices, one of which is not visible in Find my... It is the iPhone. Not even the users himself sees the phone there. Web, app, everywhere is the same. The phone is however reporting the location and location sharing works, so I can see...
  20. torbjornhb

    Need advice regarding photo storage

    Hi. I have been debating this for a long time, but I'm not sure what to do. Today i have about 8000 photos in my I photo library. These are pictures taken with the phones I've owned the last years. In my Google Photos library, I have about 80 000 pictures. I've been tempted to import all the...