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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1594547" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>First let's deal with formatting and clone drives. Most users format the drive to Mac OS extended journaled before starting the clone. If I remember correctly most cloning program will however ofter to format the drive if it is not already in the right format. </p><p></p><p>When copying files to an online service such as iCloud, OneDrive etc. as far as I know the formatting of the drive in question is not really relevant in most situations. The Extended journaled vs. FAT 32 vs. NTFS issue really only comes into play when the drive is directly connected to the Mac. </p><p></p><p>Apple didn't really clarify everything about iCloud Drive at the recent developer conference. As it stands right now the space that available functions mire like online storage. The new incarnation of the service seems to be aimed at competing with services such as Drop Box. See <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/apple-unveils-icloud-drive-storage-service-alongside-icloud-photo-library-535333" target="_blank">Apple Unveils iCloud Drive Storage Service, Alongside iCloud Photo Library | NDTV Gadgets</a></p><p></p><p>As far as the number of files on the Desktop these days you may get varying answers about that. In the early days of Macs keeping too many files on the desktop really caused problems. The Desktop is essentially a folder and at that time there was a limit to how many individual items that could be in each folder. On older systems, having to draw a lot of icons on the desktop (one for each folder or document) could really slow the system down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1594547, member: 131855"] First let's deal with formatting and clone drives. Most users format the drive to Mac OS extended journaled before starting the clone. If I remember correctly most cloning program will however ofter to format the drive if it is not already in the right format. When copying files to an online service such as iCloud, OneDrive etc. as far as I know the formatting of the drive in question is not really relevant in most situations. The Extended journaled vs. FAT 32 vs. NTFS issue really only comes into play when the drive is directly connected to the Mac. Apple didn't really clarify everything about iCloud Drive at the recent developer conference. As it stands right now the space that available functions mire like online storage. The new incarnation of the service seems to be aimed at competing with services such as Drop Box. See [url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/apple-unveils-icloud-drive-storage-service-alongside-icloud-photo-library-535333]Apple Unveils iCloud Drive Storage Service, Alongside iCloud Photo Library | NDTV Gadgets[/url] As far as the number of files on the Desktop these days you may get varying answers about that. In the early days of Macs keeping too many files on the desktop really caused problems. The Desktop is essentially a folder and at that time there was a limit to how many individual items that could be in each folder. On older systems, having to draw a lot of icons on the desktop (one for each folder or document) could really slow the system down. [/QUOTE]
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