bglaha.blogg.se - How to backup my mac to icloud

Lol this is why i had to write all my contacts down on paper, icloud kept deleting them as if it were doing backups in reverse, it kept deleting the new stuff and returning my contact list to a previous state. But the fact that ancient data from two years ago is still randomly showing up *despite having been "deleted"* tells me that something beyond my control is malfunctioning with icloud.

I've gone through this whole 'backup reset' process of deleting previous backups and resetting at least 3 times now. 22, despite having the setting for backups turned on. But no backup has taken place since I posted the question, in just the same way that no backups have taken place since Feb. You can move files from ‌iCloud Drive‌ to your Mac as you need them, or select all of your files and drag them to the place you want to keep them."iCloud backups should happen automatically once a day if certain conditions are met:" I've double checked, and all these conditions should be met when I plug my phone in at night. Note that if you disable syncing, Desktop files will no longer appear on the desktop of any other Macs you own, but they'll remain available in a folder on your iCloud Drive, and a new Desktop and Documents folder is created on your Mac in the home folder.

If you decide you don't like Desktop and Documents folder syncing in ‌iCloud‌, you can easily stop syncing by following the above steps and unchecking the box next to Desktop & Documents Folder (step 5).

Check the box next to Desktop & Documents Folders to enable it.

Select iCloud in the side column, and make sure iCloud Drive is turned on (the tick box should be checked), then click Options.

On your Mac, click the Apple symbol () in your menu bar and select System Preferences.

Here's how to turn on Desktop and documents folder syncing in macOS Big Sur. In other words, you can start a document on your Desktop, and you'll be able to work on it later on your iPhone or iPad, or even through a browser on another computer via the ‌iCloud‌ website. In macOS, you can sync any files on your Mac desktop and in your documents folder to iCloud so that you can access them on any other devices signed in to ‌iCloud‌ with the same Apple ID.