iCloud data taking up space on my Macbook Air drive

I am running out of memory on my SSD on my MacBook Air. iCloud is taking up a lot of GB on my drive. How do I free up space on my MacBook Air.

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Jul 27, 2023 4:06 AM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2023 5:06 AM

Anything you do to iCloud Drive is not going to affect memory ... RAM. Disk space, storage space, is well ... disk space and is usually 120GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and the like. RAM is 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and the like. RAM is volatile; disk space is "permanent" storage.


Free up storage space on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)


The "similar questions" just below your post will answer many of your questions.


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Jul 30, 2023 5:06 AM in response to Starbabyred

Anything you do to iCloud Drive is not going to affect memory ... RAM. Disk space, storage space, is well ... disk space and is usually 120GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and the like. RAM is 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and the like. RAM is volatile; disk space is "permanent" storage.


Free up storage space on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)


The "similar questions" just below your post will answer many of your questions.


iCloud data taking up space on my Macbook Air drive

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