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iCloud: Once You're in, You're Never Getting Out
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1867234" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Like Jake I have never turned it on. there are two things to avoid during setup of a new Mac Operating System. Both of which are offered, if not suggested during setup. Encryption and storage of your Documents and Desktop Files on iCloud drive.</p><p>Both are problematic and difficult to undo. </p><p></p><p>But Marrk, like Jake I cant see any reason why what we have discussed would force you to buy a new laptop?</p><p>Are you actually short of storage? I don't see where we discussed that.</p><p>I think of my MBP storage a bit like a filing cabinet. It requires a regularclean out and a reorganisation of its contents for space and convenience. There are a lot of documents I keep just because they <em>may</em> be important one day. It would not be a disaster if I lost them so I put them onto iCloud Drive so that they are available on all my devices. Things like invoices, bills of sale, old tax returns, bank records, various written documents like a folder of Mac Tips an Tricks I have built up over years etc.</p><p>My Password Manager is synced via iCloud so I can access that on any device I log into.</p><p>Photos I backup to an external drive for posterity but keep all the recent ones and some folders on my internal drive. I don't keep videos except for family ones. </p><p>The MBP is cloned using Carbon Copy Cloner to an SSD and backed up using Time Machine to a HDD.</p><p>I have never exceeded my 500GB of internal storage through four devices over nearly 20 years although my iPhone has gone from 16Gb to 128GB in the same time.</p><p>The vast majority of my storage is devoted to Apps, Documents and Photos and today I still have 182GB free on my MBP.</p><p>So house keeping is kinda essential and I tend to have a cull at each macOS upgrade (yearly), perform a "clean" instal of the OS and only drag over what I really want/need from my clone.</p><p>Otherwise it's a bit like buying a new filing cabinet each time the current one is full, you grow to fill the space you have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1867234, member: 204485"] Like Jake I have never turned it on. there are two things to avoid during setup of a new Mac Operating System. Both of which are offered, if not suggested during setup. Encryption and storage of your Documents and Desktop Files on iCloud drive. Both are problematic and difficult to undo. But Marrk, like Jake I cant see any reason why what we have discussed would force you to buy a new laptop? Are you actually short of storage? I don't see where we discussed that. I think of my MBP storage a bit like a filing cabinet. It requires a regularclean out and a reorganisation of its contents for space and convenience. There are a lot of documents I keep just because they [I]may[/I] be important one day. It would not be a disaster if I lost them so I put them onto iCloud Drive so that they are available on all my devices. Things like invoices, bills of sale, old tax returns, bank records, various written documents like a folder of Mac Tips an Tricks I have built up over years etc. My Password Manager is synced via iCloud so I can access that on any device I log into. Photos I backup to an external drive for posterity but keep all the recent ones and some folders on my internal drive. I don't keep videos except for family ones. The MBP is cloned using Carbon Copy Cloner to an SSD and backed up using Time Machine to a HDD. I have never exceeded my 500GB of internal storage through four devices over nearly 20 years although my iPhone has gone from 16Gb to 128GB in the same time. The vast majority of my storage is devoted to Apps, Documents and Photos and today I still have 182GB free on my MBP. So house keeping is kinda essential and I tend to have a cull at each macOS upgrade (yearly), perform a "clean" instal of the OS and only drag over what I really want/need from my clone. Otherwise it's a bit like buying a new filing cabinet each time the current one is full, you grow to fill the space you have. [/QUOTE]
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