Questions tagged [icloud]
Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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Is it possible to temporarily skip media restore in WhatsApp?
I use WhatsApp on an iPhone X. I have chat history and media backed up on my iCloud. The total size of the backup is around 6 GB.
I had to send in the iPhone X for repair, and I’m using a temporarily ...
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What is the security model of iCloud Drive on iOS?
If I open a file using the file picker in an app, can the app now see all files in that folder?
Is there any other way in which an app might see all the files in my iCloud Drive?
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iCloud Photo- How to save to the cloud but not share photos between devices
I have 6 phones under the same Apple id. I would like the photos on all phones to backup to the cloud, but not be shared between all devices. How do I do that?
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How to resync Photos with iCloud when Apple's recommendations don't pan out?
On Mojave, Photos has stopped syncing with iCloud in either direction. Apple support has dead-ended. Even opening the iCloud Preference pane and looking the the Photos sync config caused Preferences ...
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Is it possible to lower bitrate of music downloaded from iCloud music library to iPhone?
I have a lot of music in my iCloud Music Library, most of it matched to 256 kb/s AAC files in iTunes Match. If I were to sync music to my phone by connecting it to iTunes on my desktop, I could choose ...
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How do I delete photos from my iPhone without also deleting them from my Mac (both are connected to iCloud)
I currently have about 7k-8k photos and videos stored on my Mac.
Recently, I purchased 200 GB iCloud plan so I can have access to all my photos and videos on my iPhone. I dragged my Photos library ...
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Library folder listed size is 90 GB. Why so large
I have an iMac running High Sierra. The Library folder under my user account is listed as 90 GB. I was looking for the major factors in this and the folder Mobile Documents is 50 GB. When I click on ...
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Merging multiple apple ID’s
Since getting our first iPad and iPhone and while new to Apple, 3 or 4 iCloud email accounts were setup for at least 2 new Apple ID’s. Is it possible to merge them or should I just delete the least ...
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Equations in Keynote in a browser
I am trying to see if I can add equations in Keynote in iCloud via browser (I don't have a Mac/Iphone). I searched but couldn't find a way other than copy-pasting an image from somewhere.
(I'm using ...
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icloud documents and desktop is empty on mac os high sierra won’t sync with what is online
I had to install new hard drive could not transfer files from old drive. Started new hard drive as a new Mac. Signed in Enabled iCloud Drive, and checked iCloud Drive desktop and documents option but ...
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Setting 2FA with device logged in with different account
I have to set 2FA on my Apple Develop account to access it. The problem is that I use separate account only for development, let's say it's account A. My main account (B) is used on all my devices (...
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Missing all notes in Notes app but iCloud account is still connected
All of a sudden, all my notes, all the content inside the notes app in my desktop disappeared, and my iCloud account is still connected. Is there any way to fix this problem?
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Videos no longer syncing to iCloud from MacBook Pro after import via Photos
Unable to upload videos to iCloud via Photos on my mac.
There are existing videos in iCloud that still play and videos made on my phone upload with no problem.
This seems to have tied in with a ...
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can i turn off ask to buy for my 13 year old daughter?
Apple tells me it is mandatory for "under 13". Yet I cannot seem to turn it off. Does this mean she is only free from "ask to buy" when she turns 14? To me, "under 13" means 12 or lower.
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Photos.app is not syncing to iCloud
Photos app is not syncing to iCloud. I stopped Avast, as it was blocking it. Now, however, I'm getting several other logs when I search Console.app for cloudphotos
In order of appearance upon launch ...
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I have never seen this “Sign in…” message before downloading
I Am wondering why I am getting the message [above] all of the sudden. As far as I know I am already signed in. Why is this message being displayed, rather than the one similar to the one in the 2nd ...
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2Gb free but can’t record video
My phone says it has paused uploading images to iCloud, despite there being 25Gb space free there, and it won’t record video due to lack of storage on the device, despite it having over 2Gb free.
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How do I stop Books from removing my local downloaded books? (iOS 12.1) [duplicate]
I have several books in my Reading Now collection in Books for iOS. After about a day, Books will delete my local copy. The file is available for redownload from iCloud, indicated by the cloud icon. ...
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iOS 12.1.4 - Photos stuck on uploading after iTunes restore
I restored my iPhone XS using the iTunes Backup I had saved on my Mac.
Everything went back in place and also the pictures showed as being all there but, at the bottom of the Photos Library there was ...
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Can I be signed into iTunes with a different account than iCloud on same iPhone at same time?
Can my iTunes & App Store account be separate from my iCloud, Messages,and FaceTime accounts?
Can I be signed into iTunes with separate account from iCloud, iMessage, etc, at the same time on ...
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How do you force a “Waiting to Upload” Wav format file, in iCloud Files app
I’ve read some of the other posts on this issue about forcing "Waiting to Upload" files, but none of the solutions seem to work for me because I am using an iPhone 7 (transferring from iPad) and most ...
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Force Photos to update to iCloud on Mac
Is there some way to force Photos on Mac to sync with iCloud? Many times when I import pictures they do not get uploaded to iCloud. It's very flakey. I checked my iCloud storage space and I have ...
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How do I create an app-specific password for iCloud?
I'm trying to try out BusyCal, but it requires an app-specific password, and provides an outdated link to old information about how to do this.
The page refers to an "App Specific Passwords section" ...
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What is the difference between iCloud and the iCloud Drive?
As my title suggests I'd like to know what is the difference between the iCloud Drive and iCloud. Is it just the location of where stuff is stored? I thought iCloud Drive was like Google Drive but ...
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iCloud folder will not sync
I have tried all the solutions in this thread...
iCloud Drive Won't Sync on Mac
and I still have the same issue. The iCloud drive folder in Finder is not syncing. This is what I get when I try...
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Why won’t iCloud (or iTunes) synchronize books?
We have two iPads, recent models, with the latest IOS. Both have everything logged in to the same Apple ID. On a MacBook Pro (MBP) with the latest MacOS, iTunes and iBooks (and everything else) are ...
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After apple id login change iPad wants password to old iCloud login I don't have
I updated my apple login a couple of years ago when I changed email addresses. Recently started using an old iPad not used since the email and login was updated. Changed the apple id login in settings ...
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Spaces taken up by iBooks is not showing on iCloud?
I recently deleted iPhone backup on iCloud which was occupying almost 4gb out of my 5gb basic iCloud storage. Since then when I check my iCloud account it shows that iBooks 3.8 data but only showing 1....
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icloud.com cannot be loaded in Brave browser because 'X-Frame-Options' to 'deny'
Brave is a chromium based browser.
I am unable to load icloud.com in brave. It is what I see with console opened.
The error message is 'Refused to display https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/...
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iCloud Drive shows up empty in Finder after logging out
Some of my files and in my Macbook Pro 2015 were showing a dotted iCloud icon with an exclamation mark inside them, which, if my memory serves me right, means that I am out of iCloud storage. The ...
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Is remote screen time compatible with shared iTunes credentials?
For a brief shining moment remote (family unit, managed) screen time worked for my family (two special needs adults with Apple ID age adjusted to 14[1], one neurotypical 17yo who monitors her own ...
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Is it possible to only store messages for 30 days in iCloud?
My iPhone, iPad, and MacBook all have the Keep Messages setting on 30 days. When I turn on iCloud for Messages though, it changes to Forever and my iCloud storage fills up (I only have 5 GB). I can ...
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Where is iCloud KV data stored on the filesystem? [migrated]
I need to do some debugging, and need to read and modify values stored on iCloud Key-Value storage for my app (using NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore. Does anybody know where this is stored on disk, and what ...
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Managing iCloud Keychain Accounts on iOS
How do you do this?
On macOS, once you enable iCloud Keychain, all of your accounts get listed in the Internet Accounts System Preferences Pane. Active ones and inactive ones. So on any given Mac, ...
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How can I tell whether or not my FileVault recovery key is stored in iCloud?
I setup FileVault on my MacBook years ago. I believe I set things up so that my recovery key is stored in iCloud, but I'm not sure. And the FileVault preferences pane doesn't give any clues.
How can ...
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Would enabling Messages in iCloud (on newer iOS) allow 2 iPhones with previously separate SMS, iMessages, Attachments to Sync up & get Unified?
Would enabling Messages in iCloud (on newer iOS e.g. 12.x) allow 2 iPhones (one i5 and one i6) with previously separate SMS, iMessages, Attachments to Sync up & have a unified copy/ history?
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How do I restore my lost contacts that appear in messages but are not in iCloud Contacts?
I recently updated some account settings on my iPhone (gmail, apple email). Now, I am missing several contacts (seemingly more recent ones). When composing a new text message, I can type one of these ...
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iCloud Drive is always uploading and using resources
My device is MacBook Pro 15" (mid 2017), macOS 10.14.3 with iCloud storage optimisation turned on and Desktop and Documents folders stored in iCloud.
Recently I noticed bird and cloudd processes ...
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iCloud device login history
Is there any way you can find out which devices were previously logged in to your iCloud account even if they are no longer active? If they were removed directly in macOS’ iCloud app, would there be a ...
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Using iCloud as file storage and synchronization service
I am considering to choose iCloud Drive vs Google Drive to store old music and photos folders present in external drives.
Is it possible to upload large folders to iCloud Drive that are not present ...
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Appstore error 500 (com.apple.commerce.client)
I've just formatted my SSD and reinstalled MacOS Mojave 10.14.3 (18D109). So this is a clean install. The first thing I did was try to install Keynote, Pages and Numbers.
The problem is: I cannot ...
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Apple's 2FA and the notion of “trusted device” and “trusted browser”
I’m going to try to split off and expand some more readily “answerable” questions that were initially part of a different SE post (Apple's new 2FA requirement for developer Apple IDs) that was put ...
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Error connecting to iCloud
Ever since I update my Mac to Mojave, which was at the end of January 2019, I've been having major issues with network connectivity. So everything works fine in the browser but I can't download or ...
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Obtain a private URL to a file in iCloud Drive without making the file available to anyone with the link
I would like to get links to files in my iCloud Drive so that I can paste links to them in other apps (notes, email, etc) for quick access to these files in the future. I know that I can share the ...
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How do I download full resolution photos on my iphone (8+) to use offline? [duplicate]
I used to keep all of my photos (literally 40K or so) on my iPhone. I did eventually fall into the iCloud trap, and have still not figured out a way to assure that a healthy number of my full ...
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Use iCloud files sync: only sync files on desktop
is there a way to only sync files which are on my desktop?
I don't want to sync my whole ~/Documents/ directory because it's very big.
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How to determine whether a contact syncs with Gmail or with Apple?
I'm logged in to my Gmail account on my iPhone.
On the iPhone I click "+" under Phone \ Contacts, and I add a contact.
I decide I'd like the convenience of using my desktop to add a few more ...
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iCloud / iOS / Mac Syncing Troubles
I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.1.4, and a MacBook Pro running OS 10.13.6. I am running iCloud using the same ID, syncing contacts from both devices. This should sync seamlessly, but it doesn't. I ...
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iOS Notes - I shared a note and can't see other person edits, while he can see mine
iPad 2018, iOS 12.1.4 - I created a note in the cloud (Notes are On in the iCloud settings, the note is certainly not in "on my phone" category) - share (the person icon, not the share icon) - copy ...
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Deleting backups
On iOS, if I delete a backup will I still have all of my photos, even on my photo stream?
I would like to know as my iCloud storage is running out so I want to get rid of my old backup and make a new ...
