Is 'Total Drive' a legitimate service to add more iCloud storage?

My favorite Frishberg track

of course, some youngsters might not be familiar with “I am not a crook”

Lawrence Finch wrote:

of course, some youngsters might not be familiar with “I am not a crook”

It made me laugh out loud!

Lawrence Finch wrote: … of course, some youngsters might not be familiar with “I am not a crook”

As American as Apple Pie.

I do not want the ice cloud storage from total Drive

That's something you should tell the Total Drive people. Good Luck.

I keep applying and asking to have money refunded from errors that CC I find will subscitions but it never happens and I’m curious as to why thanks

That's something you should tell the Total Drive people, or a lawyer. People here have no connection with this company. And we don't work for Apple either. Good Luck.

thank you for asking. cuz i came online to find same answer.

soon after getting Total Drive, I get scam emails from Cloud payments declined and to update payment. idk. just consident.

I got charged $9.99 throughPayPal which I was not aware of because I pay $2.99 a month what is this for?

I keep getting those random emails everyday, Telling me that I need to pay 1.99 to so I won’t lose my photos, notes, contact numbers. Is this true, is total drive a SCAM?

I'm not that familiar with Total Drive, but it seems completely distinct and different from iCloud Drive.

Total Drive is, at heart, a backup storage solution. You designate content on your device(s) to get backed up, and Total Drive backs them up. End of story. As a separate service, it does not appear to affect your iCloud Storage in any way.

It also costs $99/year, or $11.99 a month, so I'm not sure where the $1.99 price tag you're referring to comes from - that's an optional charge to add more capacity to your iCloud Storage plan from Apple.

iCloud Storage can also act as a backup repository, and synch across devices. The main advantage of iCloud Storage is its integration into the OS for things like application/data offload (so the OS automatically offloads idle or little-used applications and data (photos, music, documents, etc) and seamlessly download them any time you try to open them (compared to manually having to download the content that you want).

Either way, both Total Drive and iCloud Storage offer certain advantages. It's up to you to determine which one (if any) offers you the most value.

Janicefrombonnybridge wrote:

I did not request a recurring transaction, and require it to be cancelled immediately

If your case is like the others here, it has nothing to do with Apple and it is not Apple that is billing you. You can verify if the subscription is one that is managed by Apple and easily cancelled here:

View or cancel app subscriptions on iPhone - Apple Support

I suspect it is NOT, so that means the you are being billed directly from the Developer. On the TotalDrive website, they show cancellation instructions where you can also find more information including their refund policy.

https://help.totaldrive.com/en/billing/-/how-do-i-cancel-my-subscription

You most likely inadvertently signed up for a free trial through a website advertisement or Social Media link where it became a subscription because the free trial was not cancelled.

I received a message about needing to get my storage upped or I could loose everything. It was from Total Drive and it was for $1.99. I am not really that familiar with this stuff but I didn’t want to loose my photos and all. It really made it sounded like I had to have it. So for $1.99 I did it. But then It was actually $1.99 twice a month and I just discovered they changed it to $9.99 twice a month. I would never have agreed to that!!!! I feel totally scammed and am requesting a refund and cancelation.

JDsmother wrote:

I received a message about needing to get my storage upped or I could loose everything. It was from Total Drive and it was for $1.99. I am not really that familiar with this stuff but I didn’t want to loose my photos and all. It really made it sounded like I had to have it. So for $1.99 I did it. But then It was actually $1.99 twice a month and I just discovered they changed it to $9.99 twice a month. I would never have agreed to that!!!! I feel totally scammed and am requesting a refund and cancelation.

Did you read any of this thread before posting? 1) This is a user-to-user forum, and no one here can refund or cancel anything, and 2) Total Drive is not an Apple product. There have been links provided in earlier posts for contacting them.

I bought a cool looking hard drive at a flea market for $19.95, and it never worked right. Please, Apple, can you send me a refund? And please include the sales tax, as well.

[ Feeling extra sarcastic today ]