Further insights into how iCloud Drive works using a folder of 20 small files. These reveal system limits including chunk size and throttling.
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Apple: “The logs are typically very overwhelming.” So what can the user do to get information about iCloud Drive problems?
When run on Sonoma, these now show log entries from com.apple.FileProvider rather than CloudDocs – a real revelation.
How Sonoma’s new FileProvider mechanism is reflected in log entries for the upload of a test file to iCloud Drive.
All you need to know about the main services in iCloud, the limits imposed on them by Apple, and how access to them can be controlled.
If you want to work on the same document across different Apple platforms, then the option providing most restrictive access to saved versions is iCloud Drive.
If you use apps like Pages and Numbers, and others using macOS versions, those versions can’t be shared across iCloud. Over 13 years, Apple still hasn’t got that working as you’d expect.
Do you keep getting emails from Apple concerning your iCloud account, or problems with its storage? Here’s how to check everything is in order.
What was the biggest and most important change in macOS this year? Pets in the People album in Photos, AirTag sharing, or iCloud Drive?
iCloud Drive in Sonoma has changed beyond all recognition, and is now closely integrated with the FileProvider API. This has important effects, including how you can diagnose problems with the log.
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