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ICloud Drive is taking up the majority of my storage???

So ICloud drive is taking up 130GB on my macbook air storage??? I am trying to free up space but not sure how. See attached picture.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Aug 3, 2023 9:27 AM

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Posted on Aug 3, 2023 11:34 AM

Check if the amount of used storage is correct: right-click on your internal hard drive in Finder and left-click on Get Info. These figures are more reliable.

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Do you have enough storage in iCloud?

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Aug 3, 2023 7:44 PM in response to MCSlim888

Your best option may be to click on the "store in iCloud" button. That will optimize photos on your device and offload less frequently accessed files to iCloud only. If you need to use them on your Mac, you'll download them first.


Remember iCloud is a synchronization service, not offline storage. By default, everything in iCloud is also on your Mac.

ICloud Drive is taking up the majority of my storage???

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