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Blundering around in the iCloud (!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikeo1938" data-source="post: 1838136" data-attributes="member: 135375"><p>(MPB 10.13.6)</p><p></p><p>I've never used iCloud on a regular basis but I this morning I thought I'd have a little go. I was fiddling around and can't quite remember what the message was but it was something really scary like "if you continue, all documents will be deleted from this Mac!" I may have uploaded some documents to iCloud at this point … or not (?) … I really don't know.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the desktop went back in time to 2017, which was when I last fiddled around with iCloud. Then, horror of horrors, I could not find my documents. All I could see were the documents that existed back in 2017.</p><p></p><p>I hunted around in Finder but to no avail. Then I remembered a Word document that I'd created a couple of days ago and entered its name into Spotlight. Lo and behold, up came the document. So although I couldn't find my documents, Spotlight could. (Phew!)</p><p></p><p>I then used "Get Info" to follow the path and have found them in a folder within iCloud Drive.</p><p></p><p>With regard to the desktop, this is now called "iCloud Desktop" and it’s the old 2017 desktop. However, anything that I now save to this new desktop is being uploaded – presumably to iCloud. What's more, the desktop that I had before I started to fiddle around is also present in a folder called "Desktop – (My Name's) Computer".</p><p></p><p>Now, alongside some of the documents in iCloud Drive I see a cloud with a solid outline; alongside others I see a cloud with a dotted outline; alongside others I see no cloud at all. Am I right in supposing that those with no cloud have already been uploaded to iCloud? And those with a dotted cloud are in the process of being uploaded? And those with a solid cloud are waiting to be uploaded? </p><p></p><p>I trust that the documents that are being uploaded to iCloud will still exist on my MPB in the folder called ICloud Drive. And that they will remain accessible even when I don't have internet access.</p><p></p><p>There are loads of Word Documents and other stuff on my MPB and at some point I'll run out of space on iCloud. When this happens, I suppose the proceedings will come to a halt and I'll get a note from Apple telling me to buy some more storage. Is this so?</p><p></p><p>Apologies for the ramble above … it was one of those times when you wish you'd left well alone!</p><p></p><p>But I'd really appreciate comments from anyone who can put me right.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikeo1938, post: 1838136, member: 135375"] (MPB 10.13.6) I've never used iCloud on a regular basis but I this morning I thought I'd have a little go. I was fiddling around and can't quite remember what the message was but it was something really scary like "if you continue, all documents will be deleted from this Mac!" I may have uploaded some documents to iCloud at this point … or not (?) … I really don't know. Anyway, the desktop went back in time to 2017, which was when I last fiddled around with iCloud. Then, horror of horrors, I could not find my documents. All I could see were the documents that existed back in 2017. I hunted around in Finder but to no avail. Then I remembered a Word document that I'd created a couple of days ago and entered its name into Spotlight. Lo and behold, up came the document. So although I couldn't find my documents, Spotlight could. (Phew!) I then used "Get Info" to follow the path and have found them in a folder within iCloud Drive. With regard to the desktop, this is now called "iCloud Desktop" and it’s the old 2017 desktop. However, anything that I now save to this new desktop is being uploaded – presumably to iCloud. What's more, the desktop that I had before I started to fiddle around is also present in a folder called "Desktop – (My Name's) Computer". Now, alongside some of the documents in iCloud Drive I see a cloud with a solid outline; alongside others I see a cloud with a dotted outline; alongside others I see no cloud at all. Am I right in supposing that those with no cloud have already been uploaded to iCloud? And those with a dotted cloud are in the process of being uploaded? And those with a solid cloud are waiting to be uploaded? I trust that the documents that are being uploaded to iCloud will still exist on my MPB in the folder called ICloud Drive. And that they will remain accessible even when I don't have internet access. There are loads of Word Documents and other stuff on my MPB and at some point I'll run out of space on iCloud. When this happens, I suppose the proceedings will come to a halt and I'll get a note from Apple telling me to buy some more storage. Is this so? Apologies for the ramble above … it was one of those times when you wish you'd left well alone! But I'd really appreciate comments from anyone who can put me right. M [/QUOTE]
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