Not having enough space in iCloud is often a headache, especially when we need to store important images or documents on iOS, iPadOS or MacOS devices. If you go through this scenario, we have some good news, because the apple company offers the opportunity to manage cloud space, Free up space or buy more storage.
You can check how much iCloud storage you have
Before deciding whether to get or free up iCloud space manually, it is important to know how much storage you have available. To do this, you can use your iPhone, iPad or your Mac computer.
- In the case of using your iPhone, if you're using iOS 10,3 or higher, you should go to Settings> (your name)> iCloud. After that press & # 39; Storage on iCloud & # 39; or Manage storage .
- If you choose to view your storage location on your Mac, you should go to the Apple menu> System Preferences> Apple ID> iCloud and you must click Manage.
- To do it on a PC, open Windows Windows, and you can log into iCloud.com.
Buy more storage on iCloud
The simplest case in this case would be to use your package and pay extra space in Apple's cloud. If this is what you want to do, you should install the function & # 39; Manage storage & # 39; and when & # 39; t change the system & # 39; of iCloud you currently control.
To be honest, Cupertino's company offers you 5GB for free, too if you want to refresh your system you can get up to 50 GB, 200 GB or 2TB. From the 200 GB plan you can use the space in the family plan, so that other members of your home can store their files, photos or documents there. (Featured prices associated with Colombian pesos)
Free up space on iCloud
To free up space in the Apple cloud, you can select the following options:
- Decrease iCloud backup size turning off backup copies of apps you don't use, or delete old iCloud backups.
- Select which apps to back up. To do this, go to Settings> (your name)> iCloud, and where you can select the apps you like.
- Reduce the size of iCloud photos, removing photos and videos you no longer need from the app from any of your devices.
- Activate the option to increase device storage from settings. If this function is active, Photos automatically free up space whenever necessary replace original photos and videos with size-adjusted versions of the device.
- Delete email messages from your iCloud email account free storage space.
- When you use Messages in iCloud, all the text messages and attachments you send and receive use of iCloud storage. You can free up more space when you delete messages and attachments you no longer need them.
Some recommendations to keep in mind
Before deleting photos or videos from your iCloud account, make sure you back up the backup of the photos and videos you want to keep, otherwise you may get a weird surprise.
If you use the iCloud Photos option and remove the image or video from the device, it will be removed from other devices when logged in with the same Apple ID.
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