ON iPhone 5 with updated iOS 9.3
I understand that photos , files and documents are automatically uploaded to
the drive. But I don't seem to be able to check this!
IS there a dropdown menu?
could this app be corrupted in some way?
Thanks,
Geoff
PS: I also have two iPads at home, in use.
iPad 4th Generation-OTHER, iOS 9.2
All files are not saved to iCloud Drive. Photos are sent to Photo Stream or iCloud Photo Library depending on your settings. Other, third-party data may or may not be backed up depending on the apps' compatibility with Drive.
To see what's in Drive, go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Show on Home Screen. Then tap the iCloud Drive icon on the home screen.
Thank you, but that's exactly the problem--- there is nothing there when I tap on the icon. None of my recent photos, no other files! I really cannot figure this out!
by the way, I do have photos in the Photo Stream, but they were there, months before I even knew or used ICloud Drive.
Again, photos will not appear in iCloud Drive. For other files, you need to check with the apps you are using to create/download/open those files. For example, if you create slideshow presentations with Keynote, you may need to go to Settings > Keynote > Use iCloud ON. Other apps may have similar menus. If not, then they don't support iCloud Drive. You need to go on an app-by-app basis.
Sorry, do I understand that some apps do not support iCloud Drive?
Here for example " WORD"
I am looking actually for a way, in the background, or manually, to backup my photos and other files!
I know that iCloud on its own can backup, but this is only useful for resetting a new or other iPhone or iPad.
surely Apple offers some way of doing this, so that I can access part of the backup?
please tell me, as I am new to all this, what is the main function of the DRIVE.
thanks
GEoffrey
Photos in your Photo Stream do not use your iCloud storage space.
On a computer, go to iCloud.com and download the files/photos. If you have a Mac computer, set up iCloud syncing.
Have iCloud DRIVE, have 50Gb. But how can I check?
