How to use iCLOUD DRIVE on your Mac, iPhone and iPad - IN DEPTH understanding of syncing your files!

[@Bohemian-Nilda]

There were some things I didn’t quite understand about iCloud and I tried learning something via videos which were all over the place with their info and I just couldn’t watch but for less than a minute. So I decided to use iCloud for a while on and off and then stopped bc I was unable to understand and coordinate all those files I had “roaming around” on my different devices! But thank goodness that I serendipitously came across your video which clarified everything for me, EVERYTHING! And you did this in just a few minutes! You were so clear and easy to understand from the very beginning! Thank you so much! You saved me a whole lot of time, especially time spent on other useless videos! 👍

[@Learnwithjoel]

I truly appreciate the kind words and positive vibes @Nilda-Minnie Rosa! I am so happy my content was helpful for you! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

@@Learnwithjoel Nilda is right…This video is the best one I’ve seen. However I’m a musician who just needs to backup audio recording files..I may be better off just using Dropbox…It just seems simpler somehow..…Just the same, I really appreciate this..

[@waymakers_kid9904]

I'm a lifelong Windows user (and DOS before that) but just bought my first brand new 24" MAC Monterey 12.4 (the whole computer is in the monitor). Would love to see a "So You Switched To Mac" video explaining this new universe lol. Am watching all of your videos from your channel to learn as much as I can. God bless you for teaching us!

[@ThomasGifford]

I echo others’ comments that this was the clearest and most complete explanation of iCloud Drive that I have seen. It was particularly insightful to have you switch Desktop and Documents on and then off - nobody else has explained that at all.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you @Tom Gifford! I appreciate that so much! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@ScreenActingSuccess]

Joel, I'm only 13 minutes into your tutorial, and I love it. You are crystal clear and have a natural conversational style.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm so happy to hear that @Screen Acting Success! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@laurawray6303]

I've been a Mac user since 2013 and I think this is the first time I've really understood iCloud storage. Thank you for you clear explanations and demonstrations! And OMG! I have so missed the file paths in Mac. So glad I have them back again. Appreciate your help!

[@veldc8730]

You put so much work in your videos and they look like real professional tutorials. Very well informed also. Hope you get the results you deserve

[@mjc1881]

Just found this video thank you very helpful. Had iCloud on my Mac for 7 years never thought about using it.got a new iPhone and saw what I could do with iCloud and your video has helped me understand it more. 👍 👏👍

[@joecifelli5480]

Wow. So I was absolutely fed up with iCloud until I watched this video. This should be a mandatory video to watch when trying to learn about iCloud. Thank you so much.

[@Toch18]

I have switched from Microsoft/Android environment to all Apple and this video answered so many questions I had about how iCloud works among Apple devices. Great video! It is very informative, clear and easy to understand! Great Job!!

[@hoodedr6]

Oh so just save it all on ICloud Drive. This is way simpler than it seemed. Can easily do school essays on iPad now. Just delete one drive and save them to ICloud Drive then they’ll be on my mac. Thank you so much

[@RTCDigitalS]

Great video i learned a bunch thank you. I just wish you explained how we can exclude folders from being synchronized with iCloud.

[@Orwic1]

A great video, giving a really clear and comprehensive overview of iCloud. I now have a much better understanding of how it works! Many thanks for sharing this.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Happy to help @Orwic1 Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@rahimer]

Super helpful especially the final portion about turning on and off documents and desktop and turning on and off iCloud.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@normanturf]

Great overview. Even though I’ve been a Mac user for years, this overview explained the WHY as well as the HOW of things I took for granted.

[@ezrakoper]

Wow - one of the super super super best explanations I have heared what is icloud and how to use it

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you so much for the kind words @Ezra Koper! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@upssidep9283]

This is hands down the best explanation that’s I’ve seen, Apple should be paying you! Thanks 🙏

[@thomask1424]

Very clear explanations for a new Mac user.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you @thomask1424 and your kind words! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@frachkoproject]

I just found your channel... I am having trouble understanding how to best use icloud drive and photos to organize my photos and videos along with other files. This video is a really good start!

[@gcembry2010]

The pages thing is nuts. I had random pages documents outside of my normal pages docs and I couldn’t figure out how they got there. Thank you for helping me understand this. I love this ecosystem but I needed this. Thank you.

[@pedrozagor]

This video was the best explanation I’ve ever watched about iCloud Drive. Thank you very much

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @Pedro! Thank you for your continued support! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@natashab6835]

Thank you for the great video. Do you have one explaining the difference between iCloud and iCould drive?

[@reamsel]

icloud drive is just a part of icloud

[@YingLui305]

Thank you. I understand cloud storage(icloud, Onedrive, GoogleDrive etc) some more now. I am old guy who follows the old ways of physical storage .

[@ed_ms]

Thanks a lot Joel, this is the best explanation I've seen on iCloud. I kinda knew how it worked, now I really know how it works.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Ed M, I appreciate the kind words! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@ed_ms]

@@Learnwithjoel subscribed with pleasure 😉

[@markmorrison3783]

The best explanation as to how iCloud Drive works., and by some considerable distance. Thanks 👏👏👏

[@Learnwithjoel]

Wow, thanks for the kind words @Mark Morrison! I really appreciate you and your support! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@kkay2000]

Excellent tutorial! My second time refreshing my memory!

[@raychat2816]

I think the biggest inconvenience with iCloud Drive or any other similar service is that by default the preference is to MOVE files there and potentially lose them when I don’t want to use it, instead of copying and simply helping with copying files across devices, whenever i’m turning off iCloud Drive , the default action is to REMOVE files I currently have locally into iCloud Drive, as if by punishment, instead of simply leaving the device be, not everyone will always think of storing files locally or on an external drive, safe from the wrath of leaving iCloud Drive or similar services, my losing files that way before is one of the reasons for completely turning off iCloud altogether on all my devices and manually transferring files whenever I want to without the growing risk over time of forgetting how it works and losing files again. That said the video illustrates very nicely how it works

[@Learnwithjoel]

Well said @Ray Chat! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@CarlSeeger]

Fantastic tutorial! The best overview of iCloud Drive on KZbin! Thanks for your awesome work. Beautifully presented!

[@Learnwithjoel]

WOW, Thanks @Carl Seeger! I really appreciate you and your kind words! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@terrygaume]

My goodness, lots more information than what I was looking for. I will watch again when I can spend study time with my Mac. Thank you.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you for the continued support @terrygaume! I’m glad this video was helpful! If you learned something new and want to support my channel, click SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@RobinTFH]

Excellent video. I have been using Macs since 1987 with System 3 using 800K floppy discs. I have gradually evolved the way I work as the Apple ecosystem has developed. Unfortunately when iCloud started it couldn't handle all my data files (not a real pseudo hard drive then), so I invested in Dropbox to synchronise between desktop and notebook computers. I am now migrating from Dropbox to iCloud, but I need to work out what I can remove from [paid for] Dropbox! With my data storage also including external hard drives, I am using around 10TB (including TimeMachine backup and a full main drive clone) so it is quite a mental task to work out what is where, and where it should be! Oh yes, I still have a USB floppy disc drive unit, just in case - and it works!

[@BarrieBrown]

Still have a G3 snowwhite

[@aliamirshah4322]

Thank you so much for explaining everything I recently transitioned from pc to Mac and I had so much questions you just solved all of them by 1 video Thanks again ❤

[@JDFloyd]

I a fully versed with iCloud, but I watched the entire video - well done.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@sankeytheman]

This is just perfect...!!! easy to understand. I've changed all my cloud storage to I cloud because of this video. Soooo much easier to find everything :)

[@Learnwithjoel]

Sounds like you've been working hard @Adrian Pritchard! Thank you for your continued support and kind words! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, share it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@satyanveshi1939]

This channel is clearly the best channel to go for if one wants to gain knowledge and capability understanding in ICloud and Mac. Brilliant mate keep it up.

[@FaithfulGardnerDNP]

I needed this in the worst way. Thank you

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @HappyTreeDees! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@Hunter-xc5ry]

Thank you, new mac user here and this information was very helpful.

[@angelamoe9559]

How do I turn off google drive? I don’t even know how it happened! I appreciate you because you are actually explaining things.

[@JAngelaCarter]

Most excellent. I really enjoy your vids. I am a Windows person and I am an Apple, Linux, Raspberry Pi, etc. I just love machines. Again, You help me. Thanks and Rock-On.

[@johnberry3824]

Very clear, very thorough. One question that you didn't deal with: when files are synced, where are the actual files? Duplicated on each device? Only in the cloud? This is important not just for understanding where your files are, but for managing storage on various devices.

[@sjl197]

I can’t help, but as a 40yr old Mac user of 20 years, I’m also at a loss!

[@shelleys6483]

I came here looking for this answer too! I want the files to live in the cloud, not have to be taking up storage space on each device - but I cannot figure it out 🫣.

[@magnesiafrost1863]

They end up everywhere where iCloud is installed and logged into the same user account. Example: You create a document in the iCloud folder. This doc will get uploaded to iCloud @ apple and the will become available on all your other devices. Also if you delete the doc on any device then it will be removed from every device and from iCloud @ apple. If you don't have a backup of the doc file at another place like a external drive you will lose this document.

[@nikkilesley2525]

The actual files are in the cloud.

[@ShehZad]

WOW!!! I wish someone or you had posted this video earlier because I have learned all these methods - well a hard way...lol!! Anyways, I watched the whole video, few points I learned from this video was understanding that iCloud when signed in, comes with its own desktop and documents and it sucks up all the data from out machine and puts it on cloud based, virtual desktop and documents!! You are just simply, amazing with your way of work and the kind of topics you bring up. Good Luck!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks so much @Sheh Zad! I appreciate the kind words! I would clarify that when you choose the option to Sync the Desktop & Documents Folder to iCloud, it's just taking the existing Desktop and Documents folder on the Mac and making it part of the Cloud. Those are the only two folders that let you be part of that environment aside from the main iCloud Drive folder. Seriously though, thank you for the support and your feedback means a lot! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@DOB27011966]

Very comprehensive. Pitched in a very accessible way

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@bumlenz1234]

Another excellent video Joel. Thanks. I recently subscribed to more "cloud space" and this video has given me an idea of how to use it all more efficiently.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Happy to hear that @Bill Tomlin and I appreciate the kind words! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@use4r9vd1odasd1p-o8u]

Mate this video was insanely helpful and easy to follow, thank you

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@nickt2159]

My iMac file structure is a mess. Files I create on my imac, cannot be found on my iPad. It is frustrating. This video gave me several things in my setup to check. I will be searching in your vids for organizing my filing structure. Also looking for ways to search and eliminate duplicates. You appear to be a really good teacher. Glad I found your channel. My entire working career was on a PC. In retirement I switched everything to Apple. Some things I really like about it. The Apple files structure has kicked my butt from day one. Anyways, you have given me some hope. NickT

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Nick T! I'm glad this video was helpful and gave a little inspiration to keep moving forward and empower you to learn more! I have a few additional videos of mine that I'll link below in reference to your questions... THE MOST IMPORTANT APP ON YOUR MAC! - Getting started with The Finder! kzbin.info/www/bejne/imOwZJxsapd8i68 The Finder is your BEST FRIEND on your Mac. It's literally your entire file structure and digital filing cabinet. Master it and you will be 100% more efficient. That video above is a still relevant for the most part, but if you're on the latest macOS, you may have additional options of what you see there. Either way, it should still be helpful. iCloud Drive in itself is related to this, but it just has the options to sync the files to the cloud in addition to other devices. This video here you've already watched talks about iCloud Drive on the Mac, but I'll link one down below that focuses on iCloud Drive and file Management on an iPhone or iPad: UNDERSTANDING Apple's FILES App and HOW TO ORGANIZE DOCUMENTS in iCLOUD DRIVE on an iPhone and iPad! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4rZdY2nbcl3a68 As far as duplicates are considered, are you talking about duplicates of just folder and files in general or duplicates of photos? I do have a video about duplicate photos that I'll link for reference, but not one of files/folders: HOW TO DELETE DUPLICATE PHOTOS in Apple Photos - IN DEPTH review of software to FIX your Duplicates! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKG0Zp56mJh1rLM If it's duplicates of files/folders you're looking to conquer, first get an excellent grip on the Finder and that may help you figure it out. If not, there are some third party apps that are able to do this, but I haven't looked at them in a long while to even recommend a good one to use. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@nickt2159]

Thank you so much for the links you sent. You can bet I will begin watching them. I really appreciate this. NickT

[@Learnwithjoel]

@@nickt2159 Don't hesitate to comment and reach out!

[@AdrianEarnshawMusic]

As a new comer to the Mac world this video has been very useful. Clear explanation of how iCloud works, thanks for doing this video.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Welcome to the Apple Family @Adrian Earnshaw Music! I'm happy this was useful for you! Nice channel by the way! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@AdrianEarnshawMusic]

@@Learnwithjoel most definitely subscribed 😊 just plonked down cash on the new ultra, my wallet has just thanked me 😂😂😂😂

[@Learnwithjoel]

@@AdrianEarnshawMusic I’m jealous! The specs on those new macs are incredible! I’m sure it will be a great addition to the music you create!

[@johncooke7384]

A very clear, helpful and informative video.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@nespressoman]

You are brilliant. Thank you so much for explaining this.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Nespressoman! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@tunaboys]

Joel, awesome video! Thank you. Avid Mac Pro user here, moving from Dropbox. Super helpful. 🎉❤

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks for the kind words @TunaBoys! I'm glad this was helpful for you! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@josephbsearch]

I am 65, Saving my pennies cfor my first iPad and then upgrading the phone to an iPhone. Scary and exciting. UT I am sure I will learn what I need from Joel Feld. Thank You

[@DesaiPlasticSurgery]

What a thoroughly explained video! Keep up the great work! Thank you for helping me!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate your kind words @Desai Plastic Surgery of Beverly Hills! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@judydiaz4182]

Thank you so much, clear and to the point, really helpful

[@jeffawatson]

Thank you for being so thorough!

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Jeff Watson! I hope it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS near the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@bigbadbith8422]

Thank you sir - had I only know all of this useful stuff before!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks so much for watching @Bigbad bith! It is a lot of information! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS near the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@mansoorkarimifar8776]

Perfect informative video. Thanks so much Joel. I would like to suggest to update the video with new iOS versions.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks so much for watching @Mansoor Karimifar! I agree, I have lots of work to update many topics and videos! I just recently moved and need to get back in the grove of creating more content! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@juliesims5065]

Thank you for making this so clear to understand. Seriously, you are VERY good at explaining tech stuff and it is VERY much appreciated! I'm actually excited to use my iCloud Drive now and I'm confident I understand it! YIPPEE! Keep up the great work!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @juliesims5065! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@mehmd1913]

This was very helpful. You should have talked about optimize storage and how that works with files being downloaded to the make and then cleaned up off the Mac and stored on iCloud. Download now vs remove download.

[@popchart]

Probably the best learning video I have seen and specifically I now understand how iCloud Drive works. Have subscribed and looking to learn more! Thanks Joel

[@Learnwithjoel]

Wow, thanks so much for the kind words @Chris Hart! I'm so grateful my content is helpful! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along! Thank you for subscribing and the continued support! If you learned something new and want to support my channel, click SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@Endee881]

The best video ever to explain this.

[@grahamf695]

Hi Joel, this is a really useful and clear presentation. Many thanks.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @Graham Fosh! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@cojaysea]

Thanks that’s clear and efficiently done.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @cojaysea! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use the THANKS button! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@RobertViani]

Fantastic tutorial. I got here via your i movie library vid. I think I lost almost all of my media, projects etc. due to a fat default imovie library.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Robert Viani, All Things Wood Heat & Maple, Oh no, I hope you didn't lose anything. Yeah, definitely format your drive to a Mac recommended format especially if you're using it for iMovie and such. I have another video on the topic of formatting drives that may be helpful if you have not seen it already. I'll link down below for reference: Understanding how to FORMAT your NEW External Hard Drive for your MAC - A look at Apple Disk Utility kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZK8l42NrrNnebM Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@laserant]

Excellent tutorial video Thank you

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@34rn357]

Thanks! I learned a lot from this truly excellent video. You the Man!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm really happy to hear that @Eric Whitney! Thanks so much for watching and your kind words! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@ChristianManue]

thank you!! very structured and clear tutorial. nice that you two macbooks to show and not only talk about what happens. I hope your channel is gonna refinance the second one. :) litlle side story... yeah the "cloud" is just another computer somewhere. people trust to much. because of that word. last year in france the building of a cloud service burnt down with most of its servers. so many people lost all their data. It's always good to have a second and third backup. I use icloud as an "instant" backup and time machine for my harddrives. I even keep my backup drives in different places "far" away. you know. :)

[@michaelboucher3100]

Outstanding tutorial! Greatly appreciated.

[@callmeNeno]

Awesome vid !! Transitioned from Windows like 3 years ago to Apple Ecosystem. This the best explanation how iCloud works. Liked & subscribed!!

[@Learnwithjoel]

And you never looked back, right @Neno? :-) I appreciate the kind words and thanks for the support!

[@daviddavidd9883]

Your series of vids are full of info. I have a question about external drives connected to my mac. Are they automatically backed up?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @david davidd! External drives automatically backed up to what? Nothing is able to backup or auto backup to iCloud Drive. For Time Machine, you can have external hard drives back up to that automatically. Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@StephaneMaurin]

Superb video! Thanks Joel for the explanation.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @Stephane Maurin! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@jonkers2007]

brilliant explanation Joel, thank you!

[@nsmkrb]

great tutorial for new Mac OS user

[@steves5172]

Love the Intel adverts!

[@jerlg]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Jeremy Goss! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@scotstevig6298]

Hi Joel, thank you for your videos. They are very helpful. I purchased the MacBook Air M2 as soon as it came out…a year after I sold my MacBook Air M1 after using it a few hours at most. My new MacBook sat unused for 3 months. Lol. I have finally begun to use it. I have had iPhones and iPads for years, but the Mac OS system is different enough that I have had much difficulty making the transition from Windows. Your videos are extremely helpful. I have two questions for you. 1. It seems like in one of your videos you recommended turning off both OneDrive and Google Drive, and having EVERYTHING, Windows based documents and apps sync with iCloud Drive. But I have not been able to locate anything since explaining exactly what should be “shut off” and what should be “left on”. I do have a Windows laptop as well. Question #2. I would really like the ability to edit pdfs. I like Adobe Acrobat Pro, but I think it’s ridiculous what they charge for one person who will realistically be using their software 2-3 times per month. It appears I may be able to do some pdf editing using Apple Books? But I’m guessing not enough. Bottom line, I have researched other options. Each article or video begins with hope that there are other options, but at the end I am left with, “unless I am willing to figure out workarounds, it’s Adobe Acrobat”. Before I bite the bullet and begin a subscription with them I thought I would see if you have any suggestions. Thank you!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Scot Stevig! I appreciate you and your kind words! I'm glad you're finally using your Mac! :-) Let's start with question 1: It's not that I recommend that you only and exclusively use iCloud. You can use any of the big cloud systems. Apple, Google, Amazon, Dropbox, whatever else. It's more about understanding what each has to offer. The reason I may recommend to turn off other syncing options is because Apple recommends to do that. I'll stick with Apple and Google as an example... Both have the ability to sync the directories/folders of the Desktop and Documents. If you have two different cloud systems trying to sync that same information, it can get confused and cause sync errors and possible lost files. So I recommend to pick whatever platform you have that works best for the hardware you have. If a user has all Apple Devices, my recommendation is iCloud. However if a user has a windows PC and an Android phone, their recommendation would be stick with Google. But even if there is a mixture, all cloud solutions are very similar so just use what you're comfortable with and what fits the needs. It's about knowing what you're using and how to use it vs just picking a brand. Question 2: PDF editing. So what kind of editing are we talking about? Do you need to markup up a PDF with annotation? Do you need to merge different PDF files? Do you need to make fillable forms? Do you need to highlight text? Do you need to convert the text and make it editable? Adobe Acrobat is very robust and offers a ton of features that the average user may not use. Preview is the built in App on the Mac that is the default PDF viewer. It has some handy tools built in, but it's not as full featured as Acrobat. So it really comes down on what you're trying to do. For simple things Preview really is amazing, but it's no Acrobat. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@imadelda]

Great video. I had no idea (I am from a different generation🤗) I was looking for this info. Tks

[@karthikkmanoj8662]

Thanks a lot! This was the best explanation ever!

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Karthik K Manoj! I'm happy this was helpful! I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@utilitarian]

Great video Joel - really explained a lot of things clearly. It might be just me, but could you perhaps explain why iCloud Drive only allows desktop and documents? When I used Google Drive, I synced my videos, photos and downloads folders too. Why are they not able to be selected?

[@artgamesforfun]

Awesome vid - very educational, thank you for sharing your knowledge! I learned a lot here.

[@kevinarrowsmith6955]

Excellent tutorial - thank you!

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Kevin Arrowsmith! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@Jewelznme]

I really need this info. Hopefully it’s what I need. Let me watch 😉

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hopefully it's what your'e looking for and will help you @Julie Hernandez! This will primarily cover iCloud Drive on the Mac and syncing to other devices, but I also have another helpful video related to iCloud Drive and syncing files on iPhones and iPad specifically that I'll link down below for reference! UNDERSTANDING Apple's FILES App and HOW TO ORGANIZE DOCUMENTS in iCLOUD DRIVE on an iPhone and iPad! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4rZdY2nbcl3a68 I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already subscribed and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@4uclip247]

He unlocked my device without losing any data and without much cost

[@jorgepadron2426]

Master Class. Thank you.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Jorge Padron! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@542chicken]

Well thank you very much that is a big help

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy to hear this was helpful @542chicken! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@EyeOfScrutiny]

Fantastic Video. Well Made. Thanks.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @Eye of Scrutiny! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@hifzulx]

Learnt many things, Thanks!

[@scottm4267]

Great lesson Joel. Clear and concise. Thank you for taking the time to to create this

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Scott M! Thank you for the continued support! I’m glad this video was helpful! If you learned something new and want to support my channel, click SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@CAMTechChris]

Nice work Joel! This definitely the best, clearest and most comprehensive tut on iCloud Drive. Keep making videos Joel, you do great work!

[@Learnwithjoel]

As always @CAM Tech, thanks for the continued support! This video took a while, but it was worth it. There's so much to talk about all of this stuff and finding real life examples out there is sometimes hard! Thanks again for watching!

[@CAMTechChris]

@@Learnwithjoel I can definitely appreciate the work you put into your videos!

[@juanmanuelibarra3779]

Great work, great explanation, congratulations!

[@peteallennh]

Excellent content. A very complete, helpful, practical overview of iCloud. I created several reminders from this 🤓

[@Dulcilady]

Thank you for your very informative videos. I think, after 12 years, I’m finally seeing how iCloud Drive actually works 😳. Subscribed✅

[@MrPabco]

Outstanding video. Thank you.

[@alx7157]

Brilliant Joel, subbed. Great vid, tons of info. I need to not sync my mba with iCloud anymore due to some of my photography apps not integrating. Thanks for helping me figure this out. Respect, fam.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Happy to help @Al x ! And also thanks for supporting and subscribing!

[@alx7157]

​@@LearnwithjoelMy pleasure, Joel. Now I'm going to figure out those goofy looking cloud/arrow icons next to my folders.....

[@chrishayes8012]

Great teacher, great content thx

[@jglove]

Thank you very much! Very useful, excellent video! 👍🏻

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Jaana H! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@kkay2000]

Another excellent tutorial!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Kenneth Kay! I appreciate the support! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@chukakingsleyizuegbu4463]

super helpful, thanks.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Chuka Kingsley Izuegbu! If you have an iPhone or iPad, I have another video related to using iCloud Drive on those devices, which is slightly different. I'll link below for reference: UNDERSTANDING Apple's FILES App and HOW TO ORGANIZE DOCUMENTS in iCLOUD DRIVE on an iPhone and iPad! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4rZdY2nbcl3a68 I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@serrielu8025]

Wow! What a great tutorial for this boomer who entered the pc age with c:\dir, and boot up floppy’s. I’ve become favorable to Apple products after my first iPod..years ago and thought the bose portable with the iPod dock was the bomb. Years later I sport my 3rd iPhone, a MacBook two ipads Apple pen, and air-pods. I still need some educating so Imma sub😊; can’t wait to learn more about finder et al. Well done., and thank you.

[@frmcf]

I wholeheartedly agree that Pages is objectively a very good word processor / desktop publishing app. I much prefer it to MS Word or Google Docs. :)

[@Learnwithjoel]

I wholeheartedly agree with you @frmcf! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@NinerGuy49]

VERY helpful! Mooochas gracias! 🐮

[@nettelplos]

Thx a lot - VERY informativ.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Arne Bodilsen! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@Holly-g1g]

This is fantastic! Thank you!

[@JA-xx7vw]

What a great explanation. If I sign out from phone and select to delete everything from device, will all my files and photos be back if I sign in again? Would really appreciate if you can help me figure it out without trial and error hahaha

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Jesús A! So if you signed out from iCloud, it will prompt you different things depending on what you have synced and it will often ask you to either download the content or delete what's on there. The problem is that if you sign out and delete everything, the moment you sign back in, it will just pull everything back down from iCloud that you have there. So really it's a waste of time. In my opinion, it kinda gets hard to delete everything all at once from iCloud. Especially Photos. What is your main goal? I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!