How do I move my cloud to my phone or pad?

ed_brooks:

"How do I move my cloud to my phone or pad?: I have a 3 Terabyte external drive. I’m not sure how to download from the cloud to this drive."

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Downloading it All:

The maximum storage capacity you can have on iCloud is 2TB. So, if there is not enough storage on your external hard drive, then purchase a new external hard drive. Then, download to it.

I. Avoid Downloading it to your Computer:

Set the hard drive for the download location:

1. Connect: The Hard Drive
2. Open: Safari
3. Go to: Safari menu
4. Select: Preferences
5. Click: General tab
6. Select: The External Hard Drive for the download location

II. Download from iCloud:

1. Open: Safari
2. Go to: icloud.com
3. Click: the Download button (the cloud-with-a-down-arrow icon)

ed_brooks:

"How do I move my cloud to my phone or pad?: [...]I want to leave my subscription to iCloud and remove all of my data in the cloud and move it to a device where I can manage the data myself. Do you understand?"

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Download it All:

You need to download it all. Avoid the file transfer. Using the new computer, log in to iCloud, and then download it all to it.

You don't have to move anything.

You can sign into up to 10 devices with the same ID.

You don't have to move anything.

Just sign in using your ID.