HT201318: iCloud storage upgrades and downgrades

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Tantan32
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Q: icloud storage and how to use it.

pls will some 1 explain to me in simple terms how to move my data off my iphone onto the £28 a year icloud storage im paying for but do not have a clue how to use !! i cant even take pic's on my fone now as stating not enough mem, but i've got 20 GB !!!!!

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Feb 26, 2014 12:03 PM

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Q: icloud storage and how to use it.

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  • by randers4,Helpful

    randers4 randers4 Feb 26, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Tantan32
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    Feb 26, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Tantan32

    You can't use iCloud to store data that you want to be able to access without having it on your phone.  You will still have a copy of the data on your phone so you can access it with you aren't connected to the internet.  And if you delete any synced data from your phone, it is also deleted from iCloud.  In other words, iCloud is designed to sync your data across your devices, stream photos between your devices, and back up your devices.  It can't be used to increase the capacity of your devices by offloading data to iCloud, and purchasing additional storage in iCloud doesn't give you more storage on your phone.

     

    The only exception to this is if you subscribe to iTunes Match.  If you do, you can access your iTunes music library (subject to some restrictions) from iCloud without having to store it all on your phone.  But even here, when you play your music, it still downloads to your phone in the background.

     

    If you need to free up space on your phone you'll have to delete or sync some of your existing data off it in order to free up space.

  • by Tantan32,

    Tantan32 Tantan32 Feb 26, 2014 3:31 PM in response to randers4
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    Feb 26, 2014 3:31 PM in response to randers4

    Thanks what takes up all memory ? Photos? Email ?, I also read that updates take up lots of space too !! Not good really for what u pay ! But thank u

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Feb 26, 2014 4:50 PM in response to Tantan32
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    Feb 26, 2014 4:50 PM in response to Tantan32

    You're welcome.  You can get an idea of what is taking your space by going to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage.  iCloud email does use your storage, as does your iCloud backup, which includes your camera roll photo & videos and text messages including any photo/video attachments.  These can add up, especially if you have multiple devices/people sharing the same account.

     

    If you need to reduce your iCloud storage, this article gives some suggestions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4847.