iCloud Drive storage on iPhone hard-drive
On my iPhone storage, 'iCloud Drive' is taking up 28.1Gb. Logically, this makes no sense to me - particularly as I have a large iCloud storage capacity.
Please help
iPhone 11 Pro
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On my iPhone storage, 'iCloud Drive' is taking up 28.1Gb. Logically, this makes no sense to me - particularly as I have a large iCloud storage capacity.
Please help
iPhone 11 Pro
It's for synchronized storage. It keeps certain content on your phone synced to iCloud and other Apple devices.
It is not off device storage.
See >>> https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/icloud/welcome/icloud
It's for synchronized storage. It keeps certain content on your phone synced to iCloud and other Apple devices.
It is not off device storage.
See >>> https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/icloud/welcome/icloud
Data stored in iCloud is also on your device. iCloud is a syncing system, not an external hard drive.
Then what's the point in purchasing iCloud storage, if it's not for storage?
iCloud Drive storage on iPhone hard-drive