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Q: My Mac's hard drive is full. Mostly of pics and movies. Can I upload and move photos to Icloud, then delete them from my Mac? If yes how?

My Mac's hard drive is full. Mostly of pics and movies. Can I upload and move photos to Icloud, then delete them from my Mac? If yes how?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 8.1

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 9:09 PM

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by clintonfrombirmingham,

clintonfrombirmingham Oct 22, 2014 3:01 AM in response to njquintana
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Oct 22, 2014 3:01 AM in response to njquintana

Which version of OS X are you running on your MacBook Pro?

Call back...

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
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by njquintana,

njquintana Oct 22, 2014 3:48 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham
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Oct 22, 2014 3:48 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Yosemite
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clintonfrombirmingham Oct 22, 2014 3:52 AM in response to njquintana
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Oct 22, 2014 3:52 AM in response to njquintana

Then you can store up to 5GB on your iCloud Drive. You can purchase more space by paying a monthly service fee. See -> iCloud Drive FAQ.

Good luck,

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
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by Ninja53427,

Ninja53427 Oct 22, 2014 3:52 AM in response to njquintana
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Oct 22, 2014 3:52 AM in response to njquintana

iCloud practically transfers the files between devices of your own. If a backup of these files are needed, I recommend that you go to a computer shop and buy a decent sized external drive.

Good luck.
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njquintana Oct 22, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Ninja53427
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Oct 22, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Ninja53427

I have a tetrabite hard drive connected to it. I already save the pics to the hard drive, reinstalled the OS but it still shows the memory usage. Also, It shows a large amount of storage used my movie files yet there arent any in itunes. Searched imovies and nothing. Where can I find them to delete. How?
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by njquintana,

njquintana Oct 22, 2014 3:58 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham
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Oct 22, 2014 3:58 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thats what I want to do, but how do I upload them and keep them there and delete them and keep them off itunes?
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by clintonfrombirmingham,

clintonfrombirmingham Oct 22, 2014 4:00 AM in response to njquintana
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Oct 22, 2014 4:00 AM in response to njquintana

Use something such as OmniDiskSweeper (my favorite) or Grand Perspective to find out where large files may be. iCloud isn't going to help much if you've so much data that it won't fit on a 1TB drive. Sounds as if it's time to either buy another drive or at least an external with more space.

Good luck,

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
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by clintonfrombirmingham,

clintonfrombirmingham Oct 22, 2014 4:03 AM in response to njquintana
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Oct 22, 2014 4:03 AM in response to njquintana

Oh, you can use iCloud Drive now for any documents - it should be on the top of the sidebar in any Finder window.

But read below...

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display
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