DuffPaddy
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Mac OS X

Q: How do I view my documents

My iCloud says that I have 10.5 mb of documents stored in it. I have no idea what these documents are and I would like to find out.

 

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When I click the manage button on the right I simply get this. Which does not tell me what the 10.5 mb of documents are.

 

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When I go to Finder>sidebar>iCloud drive I get this, which also leaves me none the wiser about what these 10.5 mb of documents are.

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When I log in directly to www.icloud.com it confirms that I have 10.5 mb of documents stored in iCloud. But again it gives me absolutely no way of actually looking at these documents so that I know what they are.

 

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But when I click on the iCloud drive icon at www.iCloud.com

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I see this.

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Is there any way of actually finding out what is in this iCloud thing? What are these 10.5 mb of documents? iCloud is simply supposed to be another external drive.

 

However, in my real life external drives I can easily view, modify and delete any file I have on them.

 

But in iCloud this does not appear to be the case. Can anyone assist?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 30, 2016 3:55 AM

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Q: How do I view my documents

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Aug 30, 2016 3:59 AM in response to DuffPaddy
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    Aug 30, 2016 3:59 AM in response to DuffPaddy

    10 MB is nothing, it may be empty folders or an empty database, it's really not worth bothering about.

  • by DuffPaddy,

    DuffPaddy DuffPaddy Aug 30, 2016 4:09 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Aug 30, 2016 4:09 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    Thanks for the reply. I realise that it may be nothing but what concerns me is why can't I actually look at what it is and how can I delete them? If it's empty folders then how do I know?

     

    If it was 1 gb how would I actually be able to look at the files?

  • by Boyd Porter,Helpful

    Boyd Porter Boyd Porter Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to DuffPaddy
    Level 3 (963 points)
    Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to DuffPaddy

    Log in and open up the different programs on the iCloud home page. I have some things I forgot I was sharing out there. Most of the stuff is shared pictures. The rest is splash pages, welcome screens, empty folders, etc., plus backups from my iDevices.

     

    Have a nice day.

  • by Eric Root,Helpful

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to DuffPaddy
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    Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to DuffPaddy

    Try System Preferences/iCloud and click on Manage to see what is there and what program put it there.

  • by DuffPaddy,

    DuffPaddy DuffPaddy Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (4 points)
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    Aug 30, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Eric Root

    When I do that all I get is this.

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    If I had an physical external hard drive that had 10.5 mb on it I would simply be able to open the hard drive and see where that data was. Then I'd click on it and be able to see what it was.

     

    I can't for the life of me figure out why iCloud won't let me do that.

     

    I have tried going into everything below in iCloud like Boyd has suggested above but I still can't locate these 10.5 mb of 'documents'.

     

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