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CAJessup Author

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iCloud Drive

I have 2 Tb on family plan of which very little is used. I tried to copy a 200 Gb file from an external hard drive to iCloud Drive and it tells me that I don't have enough space even though I do.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on May 3, 2023 12:09 AM

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brbo

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Posted on May 3, 2023 5:19 PM

Hi CAJessup,

welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.

Re: " I tried to copy a 200 Gb file from an external hard drive to iCloud Drive and it tells me that I don't have enough space even though I do."

Seems iCloud's main job is syncing files across all devices:

Some of your devices may not have 200 Gb to store the file.

Apple Support's article:

Access and manage your files in iCloud Drive

says:

"You can store files* in iCloud Drive as long as they're 50GB or less in size and you don't exceed your iCloud storage limit".

and

"*Avoid storing app folders, libraries, .tmp, .vmdk, .vmware, .vbox, .vm, and .pvm files in iCloud Drive."

For an overview of what you can do on iCloud Drive:

Keep your files up to date and share them with iCloud Drive - Apple Support

All the best :-)

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