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    iPhone iPhone Photos iCloud storrage

    Dear MacRumors. My iPhone XS 64gb have got around 40gb free space. My Photos takes up around 50gb space. So of cause I have the "optimize storrage" feature set to on. But this means that ALL photos are cloud based and must be "downloaded" when viewed. this annoys me. is there anyway to make...
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    All Devices Question about Family Sharing and iCloud

    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...
    • GrindedDown
    • Thread
    • family sharing icloud icloud drive
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 13
  3. D

    Move files to iCloud, but keep local files

    Hi there, As you probably all know, iCloud has an option to store some of your folders in iCloud. However, when it does this, it will generally delete (mostly older) files from your Mac, and keep them only in iCloud. I have 2TB available in iCloud which means it would be good to back-up my Mac...
    • DirkOrnee
    • Thread
    • backup icloud keep localfiles
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    iCloud storage won't shrink or sync after deleting photos?

    So I just have the basic 5GB of iCloud storage space for photos and my backup. Usually when it starts to fill I just download a bunch of pictures to my laptop and then delete them off iCloud, then in turn they'll automatically delete off my phone. My storage filled up to 4.8GB out of my 5GB...
  5. B

    Shared calendar does not respond on changes

    Hello folks, I hope you can help me with this. I have two users that I share my calendar with. We all use inbuilt calendar app on MacOS. Recently for no clear reason, this started to happen: - When calendar entries are updated, it gets updated for specific time and then it moves back to...
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    Getting iCloud Data on Windows 10

    Hi, I'm using Windows 10 at home. I recently exchanged my whole PC, so nothing except the power supply and the graphics card remained. I had the following problems with both PCs: I set up the newest version of iCloud (installed via Windows store as suggested by apple) and logged in. In the...
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    Software and hardware frustrations adding up fast, HELP

    I was in the Apple ecosystem pretty much my whole life up until 2018 when my beloved 2011 iMac 27" died due to a failed GPU. Since then, I've been all in PC (Windows 10) for all my computing needs but I recently happened upon a Mac Mini 2014 (it was headed for the dumpster of all places, and I...
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    iCloud Sent Box Date Error - Urgent

    Hi Guys, Long story short - I have always used iCloud mail with Apple devices. For work purposes I have started using iCloud with Outlook. In doing that my sent mail boxes were not syncing across devices. After hours of headachce a few weeks ago I was able to get everything in sync. But today I...
    • dh33rajc
    • Thread
    • icloud iphone mail not syncing outlook sentbox sync
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. purdnost

    How Do You Archive Your Photos and Videos?

    I have close to 200k photos and videos that I would like to be able to easily access anytime, as opposed to keeping them all on an external drive where I have them, but never look at them. I also like the idea of having a backup, should anything ever happen to my local drive. So far, the...
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • apple photos icloud photo archive photo storage
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Photography
  10. purdnost

    Apple Photos Wants to Re-Download iCloud Originals After Removing Duplicates

    I used MacPaw’s Gemini 2 software to remove about 10k duplicate photos and videos from my Apple Photos library. All originals are in the cloud, but I enabled the setting to store all originals locally as well. So, I downloaded all originals, ran the duplicate scan, deleted about 10k files, then...
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • apple photos duplicates gemini gemini 2 icloud macpaw sync
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  11. pedzsan

    iPhone Force syncing contacts to iCloud

    I'm going to guess the problem is on my iPhone but I'm not sure. It appears that some changes to my contacts have never been pushed up to iCloud. I discovered on my Mac, a particular contact wasn't up to date. I just now edited the contact on the iPhone. Curiously I first added a note and it...
    • pedzsan
    • Thread
    • contacts icloud sync
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 13
  12. 9873697

    how to acces iCloud files (word, pages, excel, ppt) on Galaxy?

    Hello. Is there a way to acces with android phone to iCloud > Macintosh > desktop > folder > seminar.doc ? I couldn`t do it with my Galaxy phone. My Apple products are for education & business and I don`t want to have an iPhone to remind me for all the chores. Short answer why I use...
  13. 9873697

    All Devices deleteing photos - icloud issue

    Hello. How to delete photos on my Macbook without touching `em on the iCloud? When I delete photos from device I still have them on my Photos.Google but I wan`t to use iCloud and whenever I delete something from iPad, Macbook and iPhone it deletes the file in the cloud. Can I set the app to...
    • 9873697
    • Thread
    • files icloud
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 13
  14. 9873697

    MacOS synchronization while off

    Hello, I know that there is an option I saw many years ago; when I turn Mac, the computer is synchronizing data. For example, I wrote a Word document and transfered few photos on Mac and now I am turning it down, will he back up that files on iCloud as it does while I am making projects? That...
  15. apple_bg

    I CAN'T CANCEL MY ICLOUD SUBSCRIPTION

    I only use Apple Music and iCloud from Apple's services. However, only Apple Music is present in my Subscripsion list, and in no way can I find iCloud. I tried to do the downgrade but I was charged again this morning. Does anyone know how I can contact them or do I have to create a new iCloud...
  16. capoditutti

    iPhone Uniting Messages threads across backups

    Hi all, Scenario: Hardware failure suspected; Apple engineers advise iTunes backup and full OS install with no backup restoration, to eliminate app/data/configuration issues. This happens multiple times (4-6 phases), before Apple concedes it is hardware, and they issue a replacement phone...
  17. Begoodi

    Problem with Photo "Download and Keep Original"

    Hi, I've got a weird problem with Photos App, either on iPhone and iPad. I have all my photos on iCloud. On both my iPhone and iPad, I checked "Download and keep originals", in order to keep everything on the device. That is working correctly with photos, but not videos ! For example, if I...
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    Safari devices tabs

    I have recently updated to High Sierra from Catalina and noticed that the tabs in Safari from my other devices don't show up anymore. Is there a fix? btw Handoff tabs work.
  19. apple_bg

    iPhone Connot Load Photo

    I restarted the phone, stopped low power mode and it goes away, does anyone know how to fix it?
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    iPhone X Delete all data from iCloud

    Hello! I'd like your advice. I have been using an iPhone X for over a year now. It has not been reset to factory settings since first turn on. Now I want to restore it by completely clearing my icloud account as well. I don't want to keep any data. I want to get it in the same condition as...
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