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User profile for user: SnowyD
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icloud drive

Hi community people, hope you can help! So my scenario is this. using my Macbook, I create and then share a folder with family members using my iCloud drive. A family member then creates a folder within my shared folder and puts some files in it, say from their mac desktop. My question is: who's storage allocation is used for those folders? Essentially I want to exclusively use my 2TB of storage to allow other people to create their own folders and add files to it without using any of their own personal storage allowance. Is this possible - kind of like me hosting a server that they can also use? Family sharing is not, and will not be used in this scenario.

Thanks In Advance

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Feb 17, 2023 4:22 AM

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User profile for user: David McKinlay
David McKinlay
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Posted on Feb 17, 2023 4:45 AM

I think the answer to your question lies in Apple's support document Keep your files up to date and share them with iCloud Drive, which says under the first paragraph 'Access the same files on all your devices':


Note: All files stored in iCloud Drive count towards your iCloud storage. This includes any files you add to iCloud Drive, as well as files that are shared with you.

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David McKinlay
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Feb 17, 2023 4:45 AM in response to SnowyD

I think the answer to your question lies in Apple's support document Keep your files up to date and share them with iCloud Drive, which says under the first paragraph 'Access the same files on all your devices':


Note: All files stored in iCloud Drive count towards your iCloud storage. This includes any files you add to iCloud Drive, as well as files that are shared with you.

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