Computer connected to iCloud is full
What happens when a computer connected to iCloud becomes full?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14
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Greetings dfisch1,
If you run out of iCloud storage, then data on your Mac may not upload to iCloud or sync across your devices as expected. Check out how to manage your iCloud storage in the following article: Manage iCloud storage on Mac
View and manage iCloud storage
1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu> System Preferences, then click iCloud.
2. Click Manage, then do any of the following:
• Upgrade your storage: Click Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan, choose the amount of storage you want, then follow the instructions.
When you buy an iCloud storage upgrade, it’s billed to your Apple ID account. If you’re in a Family Sharing group and you use the same Apple ID to share family purchases, the upgrade is billed to the family organizer’s account.
• See how an app or feature is using storage: Select an app or feature on the left, then read the usage information on the right.
• Remove an iOS device backup: Click Backups on the left, select an iOS device on the right whose backup you don’t need, then click Delete (below the list of backups). If you don’t see Backups on the left, your iOS devices don’t have iCloud backups.
If the disk becomes full on your Mac, then you may notice slow performance. Check out those details, and how to manage the storage on your Mac, in the article below:
Your computer’s startup disk may not have enough free disk space. To make disk space available, you can move files to another disk or external storage device, then delete files you no longer need on the startup disk. macOS can also help you optimize storage by storing files in the cloud and helping you identify files you no longer need.
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