Bluhonsky
Level 1
(4 points)
Q: Deleting files from iMac after upload to iCloud
I uploaded a large video file from my iMac to iCloud and checked to be sure upload was successful. I then deleted the file from iMac and it vanished from iCloud (when I checked the next day). What did I do wrong?
OBS iMac (20-inch Early 2008), OS 10.11.2
gail from maine
Level 7
(27,041 points)
zinacef wrote:
Before deleting it from the Mac, did you also happen to check if the data was successfully uploaded? Check icloud.com via a browser and see if the video file is there or not.
Just to clarify. The only way to get things to iCloud is by using an iCloud service to get them there. You can use iCloud Drive, or iCloud Photo Library. And if you use iCloud Drive or iCloud Photo Library, whatever you are putting into those "places" on your Mac, are mirrored in iCloud. And anything that you do with those files on your Mac will also be mirrored in iCloud. If you delete them, then they will be gone on the Mac and in iCloud, unless you manually moved the folder or document in question to a separate folder outside of iCloud Drive.
Cheers,
GB
