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how can i to check my storage in iCloud?
Please, hepl, i need to load some videos from imovie but the computer says i need to upgrade my iCloud storage capacity. I did it twice before following some prompts but now its asking me again so, before geting charged 3 times in less than a month, could please somebody give some "idiot proof" tips? Thanks. Will
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), iCloud
Go to System Preferences>iCloud, press the button marked Manage.
Go to System Preferences>iCloud, press the button marked Manage.
Just to add to what Csound1 said above, you can also check your storage on the device that you will be backing up. Settings > iCloud > [device] and under Backup Options it will give a breakdown of the usage of each app.
If your Camera Roll is taking up all the space, then you should be backing up your photos and videos onto your computer:
picas wrote:
If your Camera Roll is taking up all the space,
Camera Rolls are not stored in iCloud, neither are music, texts and photos (photostream)
Mmm. I wonder what that 14 MB Camera Roll on my iPad is.
And what about this from the link above:
If you take many photos and videos with your iOS device, you may notice that your Camera Roll takes up most of your iCloud storage. To check the size of the Camera Roll backup on your device:
picas wrote:
Mmm. I wonder what that 14 MB Camera Roll on my iPad is.
Post a screenshot of what you are seeing.
picas wrote:
And what about this from the link above:
If you take many photos and videos with your iOS device, you may notice that your Camera Roll takes up most of your iCloud storage. To check the size of the Camera Roll backup on your device:
Next time please include the full text, not just part of it.
Backups are stored in iCloud (if you choose to backup to iCloud instead of your Mac) Photos are not.
If you don't want Backups stored in iCloud backup to your Mac instead.
Even this article by Apple explains what an iCloud backup consists of:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519?viewlocale=en_US
Photos and videos in your Camera Roll
ps: I back up to both.
I know what an iCloud backup is
If you wish to keep backups out of iCloud you know what to do, now that you have chosen to put them there they will use up space.
FYI
thanks for responding to that question - I had it too, this morning, and found that if I logged into iCloud.com and tried to find out how much storage I'd used, there was no way to do it from my iMac or MacBook Air. At least, not according to the iCloud.com FAQs... It'd be nice if Apple would provide all the info where one can find it. Since they don't, I am always grateful for this discussion forum.
how to check my storage in iCloud
