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Re: Backing up iCloud, iCloud recovery and document versions

 

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The primary purpose of iCloud is keep data in sync among devices. That¡¯s why Apple designed iCloud to operate with your name Apple apps, like Contacts, Calendars, Mail, and Photos. People don¡¯t necessarily have Internet connections that are fast enough for them to open there documents and data directly from a remote server (¡°the cloud¡±) so these items get downloaded and stored locally before opening.

The main ways to access iCloud Drive on your Mac are via the Finder sidebar (if you have iCloud Drive listed there) or via iCloud Drive in the Finder¡¯s Go menu (keyboard shortcut Shift+Command+I).

Although it¡¯s a little confusing that Apple removed iCloud Drive from the Home folder, things you store in iCloud Drive are by default stored locally on your Mac. That¡¯s why dragging an item between your internal drive and iCloud Drive is treated as a move instead of a copy (unless you hold Option).

For what it¡¯s worth, the Desktop and Documents folders are actually still in Home, but when syncing Desktop & Documents Folders is enabled in iCloud Drive options, macOS hides them in the Home folder. If you go to your Home folder and press Shift+Command+Period to toggle hidden files, you¡¯ll see Desktop and Documents appear.

Mirroring means that you have the same set of files and folders in two locations and some process syncs the locations, whether passively or on-demand.



On 22 Jul 2023, at 18:21, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:

There¡¯s that damned ¡°mirrored¡± again. ?What does it really mean?

Since, AFAIK, the only way to put things on iCloud drive, short of going to , is to access it in your Finder sidebar.

Drag and drop a file from your Home folder to iCloud Drive (which is a Move and not a Copy) - is that what is meant by mirrored?

If so, great, all files and folder moved into our iCloud drive that way then get backed up in our Time Machine backups.

Right?


But, if the above is correct, it¡¯s passing strange that when I do that - d&d a folder from my Home folder to my iCloud Drive folder, it disappears from my Home folder: ?a Move.

If I option - d&d it to my iCloud folder, it¡¯s a Copy, but I assume that any changes made to that folder, be it in on iCloud Drive or in my Home folder will not be reflected.
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