Storage space question
If I keep adding files to Documents under iCloud Drive, does that take space of my computer hard drive also?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.12
Yes.
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It shouldn't since they are in the cloud. Are those files completely gone from your computer or just copied to the cloud?
Yes. The iCloud Drive is a syncing service and not an off-computer storage facility. Any file on the iCloud Drive is mirrored on your boot drive so you can access it even if you don't have an internet connection. Delete a file on the iCloud Drive and it's deleted from it's corresponding space on your boot drive.
Thank you for your reply. I'm very new to iCloud and I haven't tried to save files to iCloud yet. I'll see if files are copied to iCloud only.
Thank you for the info! I have one question. So on the same token, if I delete a file from my computer storage, will the corresponding file in iCloud Drive be deleted as well?
Storage space question