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  1. thewhitehart

    Location data not appearing above photos

    I’ve had this problem since beta 4. Location data no longer appears above photos taken with iPhone 7 after beta 4 release on either the iPhone 7 or iPad 6th gen. The map is shown below the photos though. I tried resetting location data, removing and adding location permission, deleting and...
  2. AjTee

    Resolved Time Machine backup transfer between two MacBooks - questions

    Hello, I have two MacBooks my Personal - MBP 13 inch (2020), and for Business - MBP 16 inch (2019). I have one account connected to iCloud on my MBP 13 inch and two accounts on my MBP 16 inch - one of them is connected to the same iCloud account as my MBP 13 and one will be connected to my...
  3. U

    How to Delete AppleID and then recreate as new using same email address with no previous data?

    I want to delete all my previous data on my iCloud account and then use the apple ID using same email address as new. Can I delete my apple ID and then create a new apple ID having same email address as earlier, with no previous data stored on the iCloud.
  4. H

    How does iCloud Music Library *actually* work?

    Hey all! I am an avid music collector and have used Google Play Music for almost a decade now because of it's cloud-based music locker service that it offers alongside streaming. Since it's shutting down in October, I have my eyes on Apple Music as the closest replacement. I am trying to clarify...
  5. maverick28

    iPhone Adding photos from My Photostream to an album doesn't work with a specific person

    I tried to add a photo with a specific person (if I didn't misunderstand the "specific person" part of the misbehaviour, of course) from My Photostream to an album containing photos only with that person but failed. It showed the typical Gene effect of the photo collapsing into the album's...
  6. E

    iPhone "Unable to update iCloud settings at this time" error iOS 13

    Messages are not downloading from icloud drive and messages are not synchronizing. When trying to delete messages in iCloud storage, the warning "Unable to update iCloud settings at this time" error in the picture I added appears. I have tried all the solutions including hard reset with iTunes...
  7. A

    iPhone 8/Plus Please tell me what really contains in iPhone Files app

    Hi, My iPhone Files app showing 2.77 Gb of data in 'iPhone storage' section, but I have only some word documents & pdf(just 80 Mb for sure) saved to 'On My iPhone' section of Files app. So anyone please tell me what could be this remaining almost 2Gb of data which I'm not aware of also which I...
  8. F

    Separate Apple ID vs ICloud

    I’ve been sharing the same Apple ID as my mother since I was in school. I haven’t linked anything to the iCloud associated with my mother’s Apple ID. Now that I’m moving to college I would like to at least be able to link to an iCloud, but I don’t want the content on my phone to be linked to...
  9. K

    Best app to find duplicates in photo library

    Hi, My 2TB iCloud library is full of 4K movies and RAW photos. Combining multiple family libraries back in the day created a few duplicate copies of images. Any recommendations for an app to find duplicates in my photos library? I’ve tried a couple of the free ones and they are super slow on...
  10. T

    iCloud: switch backup off deletes data; notes

    Hello! I have got an iPhone XS and use also the icloud. I have, for example, notes from my iPhone uploaded to iCloud. Now my questions are: 1) Is it possible to delete the data on one side, in iCloud or on my iPhone, so that the other side is not effected? I just want to have the data on one...
  11. D

    iPhone I’m confused about iCloud...

    Why does iCloud backup WhatsApp but then also back it up in my phone backup? It’s taking up twice as much space for what seems to be no good reason? Am I misunderstanding something? Edit: To add onto that, my iCloud storage was filling up, so I decided to delete some things from WhatsApp to...
  12. atefsh

    iCloud storage downgrade

    Hi MacRumors, I've using 2 TB iCloud storage for quite a while, and I planning to downgrade it to the Free plan (the 5 gb not enough plan). However, I bought a NAS with storage that exceeded 2 TB storage apple offer, and I want to backup every single file from the iCloud storage to the NAS...
  13. 0

    Will I be able to get app updates if iCloud Family sharing is turned off ?

    We had iCloud family sharing turned on, I downloaded the app Notability from my brother's purchases, he has turned off iCloud family sharing recently, Q1)Will I be able to use the app? Its yes for now... Q2)Will I be able to get the app updates for Notability app? Q3)Once if I uninstall...
  14. DrwMDvs

    iCloud backup and Contacts have completely failed me...

    This is mainly a rant, and I'm sorry if this is the wrong place. Short story time. Pop the popcorn! So... My dad has had issues with using iCloud.com to delete contacts in bulk from his phone. When he deletes a contact, sometimes it pulls off his phone, other times it doesn't. If he refreshes...
  15. Alex23

    Remove any trace of iCloud files, folder, ID etc from Macbook Air

    Hello people, I've got a Macbook Air running on Catalina I need to return to my company. At the time of setting it up, I connected with my Apple ID to be able to have some file sync, notes etc across devices. I would like now to remove anything related to my Apple ID on this computer. I...
  16. H

    Can I deleate pictures after successful upload to iCloud Photos? (iCloud Photos Windows 7)

    Hello, I use iCloud Photos for Windows 7, because I want to upload all my photos from my PC to iCloud Photos. On my Windows 7 PC, I copied and pasted all photos to the Upload Folder (Computer -> iCloud Photos -> Uploads). After some time, all my pictures were uploaded to iCloud Photos, I...
  17. J

    Split AppleID content problem

    Hi, I am breaking my brain over this: I used to use my AppleID on our home devices (2 macbooks) and on my iphone. my spouse & son have iphone with their own ID. I also used my ID on my work macbook. Recently I have bought Icloud Drive storage. I want to upload/sync all our photos. Now my iphone...
  18. haralds

    Pages iCloud sharing does not support v8 and v10 even for simple docs

    It looks like iCloud document sharing with Pages requires Pages to be of the same version. I have an older MacBook Air limited to High Sierra, which means Pages is limited to v8. It was stopped from editing a doc shared from more modern systems. Does anybody know a work around apart from...
  19. L

    Can you have two iCloud accounts, one with 2FA enabled the other without

    Hi, I have an AppleID/iCloud account without 2FA. I would like to sign up for a developer account and for that you need an AppleID with 2FA enabled. Can I set up a new AppleID/iCloud account and enable 2FA on it without it interfering or being used with the existing AppleID which I prefer to...
  20. iBozz

    All Devices iPhone, iPad and iMac photo conflict

    I have recently acquired an iPhone SE 2020 256GB (my first smartphone) and I have now signed up to 200GB iCloud. I have previously kept all my photographs on my Catalina iMac and sync'd to my iPad Pro via iTunes but I have now transferred all my photos onto the iCloud. The iMac and iPad are...