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Q: Can iCloud Drive files be removed (and retained) from local drive to free up local space?
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Mar 18, 2015 1:51 PMby cop2,Why would Apple recommend the smaller drive then (in the new MacBook selection process) if you have a lot of files in iCloud Drive? Doesn't make sense to me. I get and know that it syncs, but what happens when you run out of local space and still have plenty of iCloud space.
So far example, lets say I have 500GB of Data in iCloud Drive on my current computer, I purchase the new 256GB MacBook and during set up it starts downloading my iCloud Drive files locally - what happens when my local storage fills up?
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Mar 18, 2015 1:54 PMby cop2,The main question being - can files be uploaded that live solely in iCloud Drive and not synced locally.
Not necessarily on every machine (have a home desktop with large drive that acts as a central repository/download location), but on my portable machine with limited drive space.
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Mar 18, 2015 2:05 PMby léonie,The main question being - can files be uploaded that live solely in iCloud Drive and not synced locally.
The different parts of icloud are behaving differently.
- Your iTunes Match music can live solely in iCloud.
- iMovie Theater can be stored only on iCloud.
- The documents on iCloud Drive are all mirrored on your Mac, to be readily accessible, even without internet access.
- iCloud Photo Library (Beta) photos can be stored optimised - the high resolution original on iCloud Drive, and only an optimised preview image locally on your mac.
