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Questions tagged [icloud]

Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services

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iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, and more, and wirelessly pushes them to iOS devices and Macs running iOS 5 or OS X 10.7 Lion or later, respectively. iCloud is integrated with your apps, so everything happens automatically.

This tag can be used for several aspects of iCloud. It can include anything synced using iCloud, iCloud backups, iCloud storage space and the iCloud Drive app.

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How do I force a "Waiting" file to upload to iCloud?

In this question, I learned that the "dotted-line cloud" icon in OS X's iCloud file view means "Waiting to upload". While writing a document in Byword today, I saved it and found it had been marked with this icon - there were several other…
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Can I share iCloud Drive folder with other iCloud user?

I would like to share a folder like Dropbox does, but under Share I can not find such an option.
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Download folder from iCloud Drive web

I want to download a folder from iCloud Drive using the web interface (iCloud.com). The only problem is, since it is not zipped, I cannot download the folder. Is there a way to download the folder without having to sync the entire content of my…
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iCloud Drive Bird Service always running

I am having a problem with iCloud Drive. I managed to see progress thankfully with brctl log --wait --shorten (taken from here). It seems like there is an error running every second or even more often. [ERROR] 14.007 [2016-01-09 23:17:13.007]…
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Is there a way to "Find My Friends" from the desktop, rather than iPhone?

I would like to access "Find My Friends" from the desktop. Also, is there an API available? I'd like to write code to monitor a person's location over time.
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Does Apple make backups of iCloud?

Photos have been deleted from an iPhone which had iCloud Photo Library turned on so photos were deleted from iCloud as well. Does Apple store backups of iCloud to restore its state at a previous date ?
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Is selective sync possible with iCloud?

So i have one iCloud account and two Macbooks : one mac for work, another for personal use. I want to use iCloud as cloud backup on both Macbooks, BUT i don't want one Mac to download content of another. For instance, in work's Mac i have a folder…
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Transfer Notes from iCloud

I originally created an Apple ID for use on the App Store in iTunes. When Apple introduced iCloud my Apple ID ended up being used. I recently creating a new iCloud ID for my personal use, retaining the original for Family Purchases. I just realised…
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To what application does com~apple~shoebox belong to?

Looking at ~/Library/Mobile Documents I see a folder named com~apple~shoebox. What application does it belong to?
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is there a way to force iCloud sync?

On my mac, i deleted a bunch of songs and checked "delete from iCloud" checkbox. On my iPhone (10 minutes later), songs are still there. Is there a way to force the sync between devices on demand? (and ultimately delete them from iPhone)
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Check which files are currently syncing to iCloud Drive

Is it possible to see which files are currently syncing to iCloud Drive (in the same way you can with OneDrive, Dropbox and others)? I keep seeing this sort of thing in my Finder status bar: However, I've not changed any files recently, and…
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Are devices supposed to automatically be removed from iCloud when all content and settings are erased?

I've just upgraded to a new iPhone; my previous device was linked to my iCloud account, and had Find My enabled. When choosing to perform a reset (from Settings/General/Reset/Erase all Content and Settings), I had to enter my Apple ID password; the…
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Create a symbolic link to desktop and documents folder in iCloud Drive

Is it possible to use iCloud drive like Dropbox? What I want to do is create a symbolic link to Desktop, Documents and perhaps my Downloads folder in iCloud Drive, similar to how I'd do it in Dropbox. I don't want to use the 'Desktop and Documents'…
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Find which files are shared in iCloud Drive

This seems obvious, but can't figure it out. How can I find which files are shared to other people in iCloud drive? Finder shows individually a text under each shared file, but I would like to see a list of all shared files. See more information…
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iCloud sign out not possible on High Sierra

I recently changed my Apple ID mail address. I was getting messages that I have to enter my password for my old iCloud address. Therefore I attempted to sign out on the system preferences. However every time I try this it gets stuck at some loading…
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