You ask, What exact, specific iCloud services are you using?
I am using iCloud Drive and iCloud: Photos, Contacts, Mail, Bookmarks + Favorites options only
and only with one MacBook Air 10.10.5 with a Photos 1.0.1 (215.65.0)
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iCloud Drive says that it will deleted whatever is deleted from "all iOS devices".
You say, "...so in general anything deleted form any connected data set will be deleted from all connected devices." Clarification please: is the MacBook Air an iOS device, or are iOS devices not the computer/Mac
but the phones, pads, etc?? This is simple but this is what I want to know.
I don't know how it happened but I "uploaded" the Mac Photo app to iCloud Drive,
have now deleted it and deleted all deletions: is the Photo app on my Mac going to be deleted?!
Please, again this is elementary, but this is what I want to know.
What I want to achieve is peace of mind that the Mac Photo app is not going to disappear.
I also would like to be able to go into the Apple>SysPref>iCloud without a spinning wheel
happening and my having to force quit SysPref to close the panel.
I think I have to 'playing around' with the iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive too much and
that that is why the spinning wheel is happening and hoping it will work itself out if I give
it the 40 days for complete completion of the hundreds of photos I deleted to register
properly -- they are gone from MacPhotos (deleted manually) and from iCloud Photos
(deleted manually) and in both cases deleted the deletions; so currently all appears
fine but don't want to be surprised in 40 days and find that the MacPhotos app has
been deleted from iCloud Drive deletion of the uploading of the app which I did today.
Want to achieve getting the spinning wheel to stop, or knowing it will with patience.
Want to achieve peace of mind that when the iCloud Drive says it will delete item
from all "iOS devices" this does not include the Mac Photos.
I am very grateful for you hanging in there with me, your obvious patience and
understanding.
All the best.