Q: How can reduce iCloud use of cellular data?
I'm on a cellular connection and must reduce my data use. I just flat out turned off iCloud on my Mac, but when I look at turning off data from Pixelmator, Pages, Mail, etc. I am warned that I will lose all the data stored on my computer. I don't want to save data to iCloud - I manage my backups separately using other services and practices (local external drive, thumb drive in safe deposit box, dropbox, etc.).
Can I move my data locally so it is not deleted when I change this setting? Why is Mail even storing anything on iCloud when it's a local client? I don't care about deleting the files on iCloud so much as I don't want them to be kept in synch across devices. I have two iPads as well, and between all three devices there is a lot of data going back and forth for no reason. I manually synch the iPads to the computer and back them up regularly.
iCloud seems to be the biggest data offender.
Grateful for any advice.
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on Apr 14, 2016 10:38 AM