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Blundering around in the iCloud (!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikeo1938" data-source="post: 1838460" data-attributes="member: 135375"><p>Thanks again for the reply.</p><p></p><p>I'm alarmed by the comment: </p><p></p><p><em>"If you managed to get all the documents from Documents and Desktop to the cloud, what is on your Mac will be only recent documents and recent photos. You will see links that look like the file is there, but the actual file won't be there. You won't know that until you try to open the document and it can't be opened unless you are on the net."</em></p><p></p><p>I really don't want the above to happen. My thought was that I'd have the documents on the Mac but also in the Cloud. This would be for when I get a new Mac and want to download them; also as an extra back-up in case my MPB fails or gets lost or stolen.</p><p></p><p>I realise that people use iCloud to access documents from other devices and from other locations. However, I never need this. I also have an iPad but only use it for reading the newspaper and for occasional browsing when I have WIFI access somewhere. My MPB sits on a desk at a fixed location.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, as far as I can tell, all the documents are still accessible via the MPB even when the WIFI and/or Ethernet are disconnected. Some must already in iCloud but it seems that I can still access everything from the MPB. Am I clinging to straws when I think that they will continue to be accessible when the upload is completed? Or will it be that when the last document has been uploaded, all those on my MPB will suddenly disappear?</p><p></p><p>The upload is 40% completed – it goes on inexorably day and night and can only be stopped when I disconnect from WIFI and/or Ethernet. Can I halt the process at this stage?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikeo1938, post: 1838460, member: 135375"] Thanks again for the reply. I'm alarmed by the comment: [I]"If you managed to get all the documents from Documents and Desktop to the cloud, what is on your Mac will be only recent documents and recent photos. You will see links that look like the file is there, but the actual file won't be there. You won't know that until you try to open the document and it can't be opened unless you are on the net."[/I] I really don't want the above to happen. My thought was that I'd have the documents on the Mac but also in the Cloud. This would be for when I get a new Mac and want to download them; also as an extra back-up in case my MPB fails or gets lost or stolen. I realise that people use iCloud to access documents from other devices and from other locations. However, I never need this. I also have an iPad but only use it for reading the newspaper and for occasional browsing when I have WIFI access somewhere. My MPB sits on a desk at a fixed location. At the moment, as far as I can tell, all the documents are still accessible via the MPB even when the WIFI and/or Ethernet are disconnected. Some must already in iCloud but it seems that I can still access everything from the MPB. Am I clinging to straws when I think that they will continue to be accessible when the upload is completed? Or will it be that when the last document has been uploaded, all those on my MPB will suddenly disappear? The upload is 40% completed – it goes on inexorably day and night and can only be stopped when I disconnect from WIFI and/or Ethernet. Can I halt the process at this stage? Thanks in advance. M [/QUOTE]
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