Manage content locally on your device from the Files app.
Although not a computer, a file explorer on a mobile is essential to manage all the content, whether it is photos, videos or documents. At Apple, there is the dual aspect of local and cloud storage, but if you want to leave the iCloud service for other purposes, you can save files only in iPhone memory.
From the iOS Files app, you can make a copy of all content in the same mobile storage, without touching the cloud. Normally, a backup is linked to performing a backup on a cloud platform, but this does not always have to be so. Let’s see how to do it.
How the Files app works on the iPhone
Starting with iOS 11, the Files app includes files stored on the device you use, as well as other services and apps in the cloud and in iCloud Drive. Plus, it lets you work with formats that were previously impossible, like extracting ZIP files. To access all of this content, just look for the Files app, which is usually located in the folder Tools from the home screen.
It is a tool that allows you to organize all the storage of the device, as well as to create or group together folders, labels, share files and folders via AirDrop or the same iCloud. It also includes file transfer from Android device and improvements to multiple selection of content with more gestures. This is one of the main features that you can see in iPadOS files as well.
How to save files to iPhone memory, not the cloud
First, check the remaining space, in case you can save some space on the iPhone by eliminating what you don’t need. You can see recommendations for optimizing your storage, a list of your apps, and how much space each uses. The File progress bar this will help you to know better what you have stored.
To access device storage, follow these steps:
- Open the Fits app on your iPhone.
- Click on the “General“.
- Click on “IPhone storage“.
It’s not just a matter of space, but it’s convenient to make file copies when you’re not connected to a Wi-Fi network or mobile data, which can happen as well. Content that you have already saved locally can be viewed from “Pitches“and enter the section”On my iphone“.
To make new local copies of more files on your iPhone so as not to take up more space in the cloud, you just need to follow a few simple steps which we will show you below:
- From the Files application, go to file you want to save to the device.
- Click on the option “To select“, choose the name of the file and click on”To organise“.
- Go to the “On my iphone“and choose a folder or press”New folder“to create another one.
- Finally, press “To copy“.
Another option you can choose is to hold down a file, choose “Move“and select the destination folder. If you have iOS 12 or earlier, navigate to”On my iphone“, Choose Numbers, Keynote o Pages and press “To copy“.
Move files from iCloud Drive
iCloud Drive was the tool used by devices compatible with iOS 10 or earlier versions to save all files. If you left something in this app or have it in iCloud, you can transfer it to iPhone storage to be saved there. Like the rest of the tutorial, this part of the process is just as simple:
- Go to file that you want to transfer.
- Click on “To select“then choose the file you are looking for.
- Look for the option “To organise“.
- Come back to “On my iphone“and choose a folder or select”New folder“.
- Click on “Move“.
- You can also press and hold a file, choose “Move“and select which folder you want to copy it to.
Thus, you will be able to save data and files in the memory of the iPhone (and also of the iPad) without having to deactivate the iCloud service so that it is not saved in the cloud. There cannot be a more convenient method.
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