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
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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 :-)