storage
I'm out of iCloud storage space
24/08/23
I believe this all started when I was trying to get my Google contacts to sync with my Apple iCloud contacts. I ended up signing out of iCloud and potentially saving everything to the phone?
Now I’m at capacity and my phone isn’t backing up. I’m ready to pay for your assistance, unless you have any magical Fix off the top of your head?
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Contacts alone wouldn't create so much space that would cause your iCloud space to reach over capacity. But by the looks of it, you have more backups than you need. Should be a simple fix. On your Mac do this:
Go to System settings: iCloud: Manage Storage and remove one or two backups. I predict you have more than 2. You really only need one per device. ie; iPad, iPhone. Select one or more older ones and delete.
The other thing to consider is why are those backups taking so much space? One of two reasons. Either A: they're just too many of them and you need to delete as stated above or B: you are storing your picture locally on the iOS devices which is unnessasary. iCloud already stores copies of your pictures so having them stored in their original format then asking iCloud to backup the device is redundant. So check that. On each device go to settings: iCloud: Photos: Keep originals or Optimize. You want Optimize.
Now I’m at capacity and my phone isn’t backing up. I’m ready to pay for your assistance, unless you have any magical Fix off the top of your head?
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Contacts alone wouldn't create so much space that would cause your iCloud space to reach over capacity. But by the looks of it, you have more backups than you need. Should be a simple fix. On your Mac do this:
Go to System settings: iCloud: Manage Storage and remove one or two backups. I predict you have more than 2. You really only need one per device. ie; iPad, iPhone. Select one or more older ones and delete.
The other thing to consider is why are those backups taking so much space? One of two reasons. Either A: they're just too many of them and you need to delete as stated above or B: you are storing your picture locally on the iOS devices which is unnessasary. iCloud already stores copies of your pictures so having them stored in their original format then asking iCloud to backup the device is redundant. So check that. On each device go to settings: iCloud: Photos: Keep originals or Optimize. You want Optimize.
Which hard drive to get?
19/08/22
Hi Scotty. I’d like to order a MacBook Pro/M2. From what you’ve seen of my activities, do you think I can save some $’s with 256 GB SSD vice 512GB?
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ersonally I would avoid getting a 356 drive. 512 minimum these days in my opinion. I run into too many people who are out of space on 256 even just as minimal users.
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ersonally I would avoid getting a 356 drive. 512 minimum these days in my opinion. I run into too many people who are out of space on 256 even just as minimal users.
How can I free up space on my iPad?
27/01/22
Remind me again how to free up storage space. We have done this before but I don’t have a clue. 1st generation Pro.
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You can go into Settings/General/iPad Storage.
Once there, you'll see a list of all the categories taking up space on your iPad.
Often it's Podcasts, Photos, Audiobooks, Messages, etc…
Depending on what you see there, the next steps vary. You can choose to only optimize your photos library if that's taking up space,
You can choose to remove movies you may have stored locally.
You could tell your iPad to only save the last 30 days of text messages if that's the issue.
So overall, there's no one button to just recover space. It all depends on what's taking up the space in the first place.
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You can go into Settings/General/iPad Storage.
Once there, you'll see a list of all the categories taking up space on your iPad.
Often it's Podcasts, Photos, Audiobooks, Messages, etc…
Depending on what you see there, the next steps vary. You can choose to only optimize your photos library if that's taking up space,
You can choose to remove movies you may have stored locally.
You could tell your iPad to only save the last 30 days of text messages if that's the issue.
So overall, there's no one button to just recover space. It all depends on what's taking up the space in the first place.
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