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Q: Lost an item in iCloud

While composing a paper for a talk, I was interrupted by the requirement that Pages now be in iCloud. I "saved" the paper, but could not find it anywhere. I had to rush to rewrite an earlier draft saved to my desk top. When I go to iCloud, I don't find it. I am not Apple Applications savvy. How do I manage iCloud? Are there a number of things to do? I don't have any other device - not even a cell phone - so it is just for my iMac.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 5, 2015 4:51 PM

by AntonLargiader,Solvedanswer
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Just some ideas: Open Finder and look at the most recent documents to see if it is in a strange place on your Mac. Also log into iCloud.com and open Pages on the web to see if it is there (probably won't be but worth looking).

Posted on Apr 6, 2015 7:53 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:04 PM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:04 PM in response to RSFFmember

    It has no useful function for you, why complicate things that already work with a system designed for a different way of working?

     

    Are you clear with signing out of iCloud?

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 7, 2015 2:07 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:07 PM in response to Csound1

    No, I am not clear with signing out with iCloud.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:08 PM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:08 PM in response to RSFFmember

    Tell me which services you signed into

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 7, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Csound1

    A friend who set me up with Yosemite just said that he had set me up with iCloud.

     

    Aside from this fiasco with Pages, I have had no trouble. I do think my me.com mail is on iCloud. That is all I know.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:19 PM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:19 PM in response to RSFFmember

    You can look and tell me, there is no other way I will know what services you have switched on.

     

    Go to System Preferences>iCloud and write down which services are ON.

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 7, 2015 2:24 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:24 PM in response to Csound1

    The list under iCloud is:  iCloud Drive/Mail/Contacts/Calendars/Reminders/Safari. These are all checked as active.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:30 PM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:30 PM in response to RSFFmember

    Clearly you need to leave Mail on as you are using an iCloud account, you must decide which services other than that are required, turn off all that are not. Before you turn iCloud Drive off copy the content to your local drive (Documents), if presented with any choice of wether or not to delete data, take the opposite (Save data) road.

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 7, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:36 PM in response to Csound1

    I can't do this right away but will do so as soon as possible.

     

    Also, from this information I can get my friend to help if there is a problem further down the line. He put me on the cloud and can help get me off where needed.

     

    As I said, I have had no other problems but still should probably get out from under where possible.

     

    Thank you, again, for your help and patience (well, not quite always that). I am grateful that at my great age I can use a computer in so very many helpful ways. But the age does sometimes make for slow thinking and acting.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:39 PM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:39 PM in response to RSFFmember

    You're not talking to a spring chicken here either.

     

    How do you backup your Mac (you do backup your Mac I hope)

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 7, 2015 2:43 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:43 PM in response to Csound1

    Oh, dear, that is another story. I am not clear about that, either. I do try to back up my checking and banking information but when I go to look to see that it has done so, there is a long list of backups and I don't know whether it is the top or bottom one that is the most recent. In past times, if I pulled up a checking account record it would corrupt my current account so I just don't go there.

     

    Must go to supper now.

  • by Csound1,Helpful

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 8, 2015 8:34 AM in response to RSFFmember
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    Apr 8, 2015 8:34 AM in response to RSFFmember

    Then you are not backing up, and you should be, regardless of clouds and their ilk computers go wrong, drives die, people make errors. Without backup they tend to be serious errors.

     

    You need 1 external hard drive (USB) then you'll plug it in to your Mac, turn Time Machine on and you won't be losing any data after that. You can toss the Mac into the retirement home water feature if you want, your data will be safe.

  • by RSFFmember,

    RSFFmember RSFFmember Apr 8, 2015 8:34 AM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 8, 2015 8:34 AM in response to Csound1

    Thank you. I shall get the external hard drive and follow your instructions.

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