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iCloud Drive has hidden shadow copies of the files in the local user library in ~/Library/Mobile Documents
iCloud Drive has hidden shadow copies of the files in the local user library in ~/Library/Mobile Documents
==Cleanup==

Revision as of 05:57, 21 February 2021

Internal

Overview

iCloud is a syncing system, where the data is centrally stored in the cloud, accessed by multiple devices and locally cached by those devices. iCloud drive is setup so that anything stored locally syncs to the cloud and anything in the cloud syncs locally. Deleting from one location would delete from another.

Configuration

System Preferences → Internet Accounts → <User>'s iCloud

iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive Configuration

System Preferences → Internet Accounts → <User>'s iCloud → iCloud Drive → Options

Storage Capacity

Storage capacity used so far: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247

Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> iCloud -> colored bar at the bottom of the window -> Manage.

Access it from command line:

/Users/ovidiu/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs

Local iCloud Drive File Storage

iCloud Drive has hidden shadow copies of the files in the local user library in ~/Library/Mobile Documents

Cleanup