Kaydy
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Q: iCloud 500gb with SSD 256gb

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How do you manage a cloudspace of 500Gb with an SSD of 256gb? As far as I understood, there will be a copy of every document stored on the iCloud on your (I)mac(book) .... once I will have reached 256 GB of documents on the iCloud, my SSD on my imac will be full?!

 

So do I think right that there is NO need to extend space iCloud to 500 GB if your imac SSD is not bigger than 256gb

In dropbox yopu can choose with files you want to have synchronised, the rest is completely on the cloud, with iCloud this is different

 

Thank you for helping me

Karin

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Nov 19, 2014 1:17 AM

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Q: iCloud 500gb with SSD 256gb

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 19, 2014 3:26 AM in response to Kaydy
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    Nov 19, 2014 3:26 AM in response to Kaydy

    See this link, Karin:  iCloud Drive FAQ

     

    iCloud Drive is mainly for syncing and sharing, to access the same documents from all devices. So there would be no point in uploading documents, that you do not want to sync.  It is not an external remote disk.

    Here's what you can do with iCloud Drive:

    • Store and access all of your documents in one place from any of your devices
    • Keep files and folders up to date across all your devices
    • Create new files and folders from iCloud-enabled apps
    • Work on the same file across multiple apps

    Your iCloud storage can be used for other purposes, not only iCloud Drive: iCloud Backups for your mobile devices, iCloud Photo Library Beta, Movie theater. But yes, you will not be able to use more iCloud drive space, than your internal storage on the Mac allows. You could disable iCloud Drive on your Mac and use iCloud only using the web interface https://beta.icloud.com

    Then nothing will be mirrored on your Mac.