Bigbird648

Q: Why does vault say iCloud Drive has insufficient space when there is plenty available?

I have 49.7GB of Aperture photo data that I want to back up to a Vault. I am running Yosemite and recently upgraded my iCloud drive to 200GB with only 13.7GB currently being used. When I set up a Vault using the iCloud drive it says I have insufficient space. Clearly I don't!

My iCloud account confirms that the space is available. Any suggestions please?

Aperture 3, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 26, 2014 12:12 AM

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Q: Why does vault say iCloud Drive has insufficient space when there is plenty available?

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 26, 2014 12:29 AM in response to Bigbird648
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    Oct 26, 2014 12:29 AM in response to Bigbird648

    An Aperture vault cannot be stored in iCloud drive. If you put it on a synced volume it will be corrupted by syncing.  Write your vault to a locally connected disk like described here for Aperture Libraries:

    Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    A vault is essentially an Aperture library, so the same holds.   I tested putting Aperture libraries, vaults, and iPhoto Libraries onto iCloud Drive. After the first sync they needed repairing.

     

    . When I set up a Vault using the iCloud drive it says I have insufficient space. Clearly I don't!

    How much free space is on your Mac?  You can only write files to iCloud Drive that will fit on all devices that are connected to iCloud Drive. iCloud Drive is not like an external disk - it is a shared storage for syncing your Macs. Everything you are writing to iCloud Drive will be mirrored to your Macs. See:  iCloud Drive FAQ