dannyboy322
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Q: Removing files from iCloud

I have 5GB of storage. In iCloud drive in Finder I only have 1.07GB used but when I check my iCloud account in the preferences pane it says that I only 1.12GB of space remaining with Documents taking up 3.87GB of space. Where is this 3GB of documents coming from and how can I clear up that space?

 

 

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MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), null

Posted on Sep 10, 2015 7:27 PM

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Q: Removing files from iCloud

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  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Sep 10, 2015 7:35 PM in response to dannyboy322
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    Sep 10, 2015 7:35 PM in response to dannyboy322

    Click the Manage button (lower right of your screenshot) to see more details.

    The following link also has more information Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support

  • by dannyboy322,

    dannyboy322 dannyboy322 Sep 11, 2015 9:54 PM in response to FoxFifth
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    Sep 11, 2015 9:54 PM in response to FoxFifth

    It just tells me to go to the iCloud drive in Finder to free up storage. I still don't know where this 3GB of documents is

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 11, 2015 11:40 PM in response to dannyboy322
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    Sep 11, 2015 11:40 PM in response to dannyboy322

    "Manage Storage" will list how much each individual application is storing in iCloud.  Click each application in the sidebar  list, to see how much it is using.

    When you find an app, that is using plenty of data, launch it to see its documents.

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    Some older apps, like GarageBand, don't store their documents in iCloud Drive, but in a separate area "Documents in the cloud". You can only access these documents by launching the application.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 12, 2015 2:16 PM in response to dannyboy322
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    Sep 12, 2015 2:16 PM in response to dannyboy322

    How much is stored in iCloud Drive?

  • by dannyboy322,

    dannyboy322 dannyboy322 Sep 12, 2015 4:08 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Sep 12, 2015 4:08 PM in response to Eric Root

    In iCloud Drive i have 1.07GB of storage used.

  • by dannyboy322,

    dannyboy322 dannyboy322 Sep 12, 2015 4:31 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 12, 2015 4:31 PM in response to léonie

    It just tells me to go to iCloud drive to get more space

     

     

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 13, 2015 12:14 AM in response to dannyboy322
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    Sep 13, 2015 12:14 AM in response to dannyboy322

    Not all files and folders on iCloud Drive are visible on your local iCloud Drive.  The iCloud Drive in he sidebar of the Finder will show you the application collections for your Mac applications, but the application collectionss for your mobile devices are hidden, also the folders created by applications, that are still using "documents in the cloud", like GarageBand.

     

    To see all files and folders on iCloud Drive, open a Terminal window and copy and paste this line into the Terminal window, then hit "return".

     

    ls   ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents

     

    On my Mac I am seeing a listing like this:

     

    3L68KQB4HG~com~readdle~CommonDocuments

    3L68KQB4HG~com~readdle~Scanner

    4R6749AYRE~com~pixelmatorteam~pixelmator

    6LVTQB9699~com~seriflabs~affinitydesigner

    82J93X7T25~com~apple~mobileiphoto

    AP637KM5A4~UBI~088~WW

    C7HPP7U8L7~com~taptaptap~CameraPlus

    F3LWYJ7GM7~com~apple~garageband10

    F3LWYJ7GM7~com~apple~mobilegarageband

    F6266T9T75~com~apple~iMovie

    U97D34BCNV~com~phunkware~WritePad

    X6B29J8D22~com~savysoda~documents

    com~apple~Automator

    com~apple~CloudDocs

    com~apple~Keynote

    com~apple~Notes

    com~apple~Numbers

    com~apple~Pages

    com~apple~Preview

    com~apple~QuickTimePlayerX

    com~apple~ScriptEditor2

    com~apple~TextEdit

    com~apple~TextInput

    com~apple~finder

    com~apple~mail

    com~apple~mobilemail

    com~apple~shoebox

    com~apple~system~spotlight

    iCloud~com~DigiDNA~FileAppCloud

    iCloud~com~apple~itunesu

    iCloud~com~apple~mobilesafari

    iCloud~com~apple~ncplugin~weather

    iCloud~com~getdropbox~Dropbox

    iCloud~com~readdle~Scanner~PDF

     

    The items with cryptic numbers in the name are hidden, when I view iCloud Drive, also some other items.

    These hidden folders can be opened from the Terminal with the "open" command. First I switch to the iCloud Drive directory with  " cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents". Then I add a "; " and enter "open ", followed by the name of the folder.

    For example:


    cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents; open  F3LWYJ7GM7~com~apple~garageband10


    will open the GarageBand 10 folder, if it exists.

     

    Try, if you can find hidden documents ths way.

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sep 13, 2015 2:59 AM in response to dannyboy322
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    Sep 13, 2015 2:59 AM in response to dannyboy322

    Do you have a mobile device and if so which operating system is it using.