If you delete a backup on icloud what happens => http://fliphoogsasing.nnmcloud.ru/d?s=YToyOntzOjc6InJlZmVyZXIiO3M6MjE6Imh0dHA6Ly9iaXRiaW4uaXQyX2RsLyI7czozOiJrZXkiO3M6NDU6IklmIHlvdSBkZWxldGUgYSBiYWNrdXAgb24gaWNsb3VkIHdoYXQgaGFwcGVucyI7fQ== I have a couple of hundred gigabytes free for example. In one way it is better, and this is its ability to free up space on the Mac's disk by storing all files online. You may be able to download your files from there. If left untouched, they can clutter your device or take away plenty of precious space. To backup your data, you will need to connect your device to your computer and back it up using iTunes. Is there any way I can fix this or should I go into the apple store and have them try and fix it? Then you will be asked to choose the data types that you want to export. My Mac is faster without it and I sync and share what I need to using Google Drive and not every single file. It's particularly handy for folks with multiple devices, especially those who rely on Accessibility settings, since you don't have to manually set everything up again. If files are missing from the desktop, have you checked the Trash? It didn't take long, but then I have a fibre optic internet connection and not everyone does. Deleting the photos from the device will reduce the amount of space required for the iCloud backup. How to Delete Old iCloud Backups from Your iPhone or iPad - We will also provide you some important information on how to manage your iCloud backup better. The iPhone's iCloud backup will be updated at some point - automatically when the iPhone is connected to an available wi-fi network while connected to a power source unless the iCloud backup is turned off on the iPhone. At first it seems great, but is it really a good idea. What happens if you turn off this feature. Provided you have sufficient storage of course, you might need to upgrade your plan to get more space. Storing all your files online instead of on the disk is therefore one way to free up space on the Mac. However, you do need to. Storing the Desktop and Documents folders on iCloud Drive might be useful for some people, but not everyone needs to free up space. Some people have plenty of empty space on the Mac's disk. I have a couple of hundred gigabytes free for example. Although you free up some space with the iCloud Drive storage feature, the files are no longer on your Mac. If you turn off the feature, the Desktop and Documents folders on your Mac are empty and you have no files. Nothing is deleted from iCloud Drive, so your files are safe, but to restore these two folders and put them back the way they were, you have to download the Desktop and Documents folders from iCloud. That was around 15,000 files in my case. It didn't take long, but then I have a fibre optic internet connection and not everyone does. All the files and folders will then download. In one way it is better, and this is its ability to free up space on the Mac's disk by storing all files online. If you have plenty of disk space then Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box and others offer far more features and configuration options. With the alternatives you create a folder and place in it the files that you want to sync. You are not forced to sync everything and you can choose. I often use the desktop as a sort of temporary storage for stuff I am working on - files, folders, scraps of text, images, and so on. Up and downloading them all the time is slow. It could be painfully slow on a poor internet connection. Speed up your Mac Since turning off storing Desktop and Documents on iCloud Drive, the Mac is more responsive and snappier. Using Dropbox, If you delete a backup on icloud what happens Drive, OneDrive, Box or something similar enables you to choose which files to sync. They also enable you to share files and folders, previous versions of files are stored, and more. My Mac is faster without it and I sync and share what I need to using Google Drive and not every single file. There are other issues that are confusing, like what would happen if you ran backup software. Would it copy just what is on the disk or would it download all the files on iCloud Drive in order to back them up. There could be tens of gigabytes. With the files on my disk, I know where everything is and can back them up. What if iCloud is hacked. What if someone hacks into your iCloud account or guesses the password. It does happen occasionally, and not just to celebs with photos. I worry that if you can't connect to iCloud then you won't be able to access any of your files. Thank you, Roland, for writing this. As a person who provides tech support at my workplace for about 40 users and several shared Macs, I think this is going to be an important topic going forward. I appreciate your writing about it and doing the experimenting for us ahead of time. And boy am I jealous of your fibre connection. I have a lowly 5mbps connection at home still ahahahaha. You will have huge problems. This means you can lose your originals very easily. Can anyone please confirm this. I did not switch off iCloud, so I could select it in the Finder sidebar and drag all the files back to Desktop and Documents. Files stored in one location are at risk. I also wonder what a backup tool would actually back up. Would nothing be backed up because files aren't really there. Or would the backup software try to back up each file and spend a week downloading everything. When I ran a virus scan, as you do on Windows, I found it running very slowly. It turned out it was downloading each file thousands of them from iCloud in order to scan them. if you delete a backup on icloud what happens I prefer the simplicity of Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive etc. I also had a laptop, a MacBook pro early 2015 which was the computer I used day to day. I decided to get a new MacBook and combine the files from my old MacBook and desktop. I transferred all MacBook files to desktop. I either air dropped or many of the folders replicated thanks to iCloud Drive. Once everything was there on my desktop, I wiped my laptop and took the desktop to Apple so they can migrate to the new MacBook Pro. When I got the new MacBook Pro the desktop looked. It seems that when I wiped the old laptop, all those items disappeared. A lot I found because I'd emailed or had already pulled up on desktop but a lot is just. Is there any way to recover any of this. Can't you transfer them back via AirDrop or iCloud. If files are missing from the desktop, have you checked the Trash. It saves everything deleted from iCloud for 30 days and lets you recover them. Eventually I gave in because most of my files were locked. Once I bought more icloud space at £2. I noticed lots of my files specially the cropped version from other files had cloud sign against them, When i tried to open them they were locked. So wer many of my slide showsother files and some of my photos and their clips were locked. Some files had a cloud against them, Others had a cloud and a dot in the middle. I downloaded them all, put them back and switched off iCloud. I really don't like the way it does that. I would try logging into the iCloud website using a web browser. You may be able to download your files from there. It may be that you need to pay for iCloud to unlock your files. You can then download them to the Mac's disk. Once they are all on the disk, your iCloud subscription can be cancelled. If I put something on my desktop then I want it to be there and not on the cloud somewhere else. I prefer to have my information on some device of my own rather than on the internet. They are very small, lightweight and portable. They hold an incredible amount of data for their size and are inexpensive. That way I have possession of my own data rather it being on the internet. If I do want to store something on the internet I want to place it there myself rather than have it go there automatically. Apple is trying to take too much control away from the user. Not a good direction to go in my opinion. It is good to provide more convenience to the user but at the same time give the user as much control as possible. I think Apple just wants to sell you storage space on the cloud. Space that one doesn't necessarily need.