Transferring all data from my iCloud drive to my wife’s iCloud Drive. Both are shared

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Transferring all data from my iCloud drive to my wife’s iCloud Drive. Both are shared

When I got my new iPad… I needed to buy more iCloud storage so I opted for 2 TB. Unbeknownst to me… My wife already had 2 TB of which she used a little.

How do I save all my data from one iCloud drive to my wife’s? I assume that just doing an iPad back up will not get all the data that might be on the original iCloud drive.

I didn’t see anything that suggested… Press button to transfer all data from your iCloud drive to a secondary iCloud drive.

If there are any spelling errors or weird words… I am legally blind so

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on May 11, 2020 3:36 PM

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Answer 1

May 11, 2020 4:40 PM in response to Iann

You cannot be sharing both, that is simply not possible. One of you who is the organizer needs to invite the other to share iCloud storage as part of family sharing. Your data will remain intact, and your subscription will be cancelled and pro-rated once you accept the invite to share.

Family Sharing - Apple

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May 11, 2020 4:47 PM in response to Michael Black

Thanks for your speedy reply…

All I want to do is to ensure that all the data that I had on my drive would be saved on hers. My drive would be then cancelled I guess. I am pretty sure all I want to do is to ensure that all the data and I had on my drive would be saved on hers. My drive would be then cancelled I guess. I am pretty sure there is more data on the iCloud drive then on my iPad alone..

I have already excepted her invitation so she will be the organizer and I will just hopefully get all my data onto the drive from my old one.

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May 11, 2020 4:59 PM in response to Iann

Yes, your data should not be touched when you accept her invite to share. Your data will now just be shared inside her 2TB space. Your own subscription should receive a notice to cancel and get a prorated refund for whatever balance of your monthly fee applies

Sharing an organizers space should not affect anyone’s data in their current space at all.

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Transferring all data from my iCloud drive to my wife’s iCloud Drive. Both are shared

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