Transferring files from Dropbox to iCloud

Did you need to pay for more iCloud Storage?

You only get a free 5GBs from Apple.

Do you have more than 5 GBs of data stored in DropBox?

All other iCloud storage options are tiered monthly data storage size subscriptions.

Also, you should know that iCloud is more of a “sync-ing” service and NOT a true data storage/backup service.

So, you need to be careful when using iCloud with more than one iDevice.

If you allow more than one iDevice to access/sync to your iCloud account, if you delete any data on iCloud from one iDevice, it gets removed/deleted from all sync’d/connected devices.

Have you gone to icloud.com, signed in with your Apple ID and verified the files are actually there?

This link might help you: iCloud Drive FAQ - Apple Support

Rbrylawski and I are correct. iCloud is NOT a true data storage/archiving service.

I realise that 200 GBs of iCloud storage is cheaper per month than DropBox’s limited data subscription pricing plans, but iCloud isn't a permanent archiving solution, either.

You are saving money at the risk of losing, obviously important data.

You could consider supplementing your iCloud storage and use Google Drive/Photo data storage/backup storage.

While Google, like DropBox, doesn't have a variety of tiered storage size plans, they have, at least, a 100 GBs monthly storage plan for $1.99/month.

Coupled with Google's additional free tier of 15 GBs per month, that is 115 GBs of stored data for $1.99/month.

That is a pretty good pricing structure.

At least this will hold more than half your data safely and permanently without fear of removing or deleting data by accident, like when using iCloud.

AND with Google Drive/Photos, you CAN choose/decide what you want to store there.

iCloud is dangerous to use for any long term data storage as accidentally deleting important data can happen at any moment.

I only use the 50 GBs iCloud plan to backup things/data on my iPad that are only of small/medium importance to me, that I still do not really want to lose, but won't be a detriment or catastrophic to me if I accidentally lose some of this data.

I use Apple iCloud as my sole secondary data backup source, but do not sync any photos or any real important apps and other very important data to iCloud, at all!

It's possible to backup your Dropbox to iCloud in your daily iCloud backup. I'm just guessing could the reason you're not taking up more storage be because the Dropbox files were already in iCloud?

Besides iCloud, where else are you going to save these files? Remember iCloud is not an archive. It's a backup that is live. Meaning that if you delete a document anywhere from any device, the file will delete from iCloud as well.

Me either. My workflow is similar, but I use Carbonite for all my archival needs. With two iPhones. Two iPads. And two laptops in the house, Carbonite has been my archive service for a long time. I'm still a Windows user for home computing needs. Everything I have on all devices of importance are safely stored in Carbonite as well as an external 1 Terabyte SSD drive I also keep important data (documents, photos, etc). The reason I love carbonite is its ability to restore file structure to a new laptop. If I get a new laptop, I sign into my Carbonite account and tap a button and all my files, photos etc are restored to the new laptop, much like an iCloud backup restores apps and files to an iOS device.

I keep my data on multiple drives on my computer, as well, for both my computer and iDevices.

I am looking for just inexpensive supplemental storage for my iDevices only.

I know about Carbonate, but this is not a cheap service to subscribe monthly to and use.

Especially, when I am only a part-time professional, now.

The amount of work I do now VS costs of some thngs now is prohibitive to me.

So, that is not an option for me.

IF you have enough external drive redundancies, that is sufficient protection from data loss, plus every one on my external drives have an OS on them IF I need to work from one of them, should a drive start giving me some issues.

I understand I have enough redundancies. But for me (still working full time, but very close to retirement age), the added cost of Carbonite is worth it to me. If I forget to add a document to OneDrive? No problem. On my iPhone or iPad I can see my Windows desktop in full file order and open or save anything I might want.

Glad you chimed in and provided some valuable input!