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iCloud does throttle data syncing after all

You’ve got a good Internet connection and iCloud should be working fine, but won’t sync data between your Mac and devices. Could it be throttled?

February 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

How you still can’t share document versions in iCloud

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.

February 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Why am I getting warning emails about iCloud?

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.

January 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Making the leap from Mojave to Apple silicon

Coping with 64-bit code, APFS, the different CPU, the SSV, System Settings, Recovery Mode, and how to get the best from migration and sharing in iCloud.

December 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

iCloud Drive in Sonoma: FileProvider and eviction

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.

November 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

How macOS Sonoma has changed iCloud even more

How iCloud Drive, concerned with sharing files, and CloudKit, supporting databases shared in iCloud, have changed in Sonoma.

October 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

macOS Sonoma has changed iCloud Drive radically

The small stub files used as placeholders for files evicted to iCloud Drive have vanished. Could that be why some Macs had to download the whole contents of their iCloud Drive?

October 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

What you can do with lightweight VM Shared Folders, and what you can’t

How to run apps on the host, access iCloud Drive, and get faster file write performance in a macOS VM. And why Spotlight is limited, and the Force Quit dialog a bit odd.

October 19, 2023 Macs, Technology

Sonoma’s changes to iCloud may stop Time Machine backups completing

Sonoma’s changes to iCloud can result in very large and protracted syncs, that can block Time Machine backups from completing. Here’s what you can try, and what you shouldn’t do.

October 16, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Dependent on a bug

At one time, trying to manage iCloud Drive storage was like getting into a lift with only an Up button. What happens then when Apple fixes that bug? Anguish and anger.

October 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

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