Almost out of iCloud storage
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (44544)
Staten Island, New York
October 14, 2024 5:20pm CST
When you get an iCloud account you get 5 GB of storage for free. Seems like a lot but I’m almost out of storage.
I get a message in my iPhone’s settings that my iPhone can’t be backed up because I don’t have enough storage. If I want more storage I have to pay.
I can get 50 GB for 99¢/month, 200 GB for $2.99/month, and there are even higher options.
I haven’t caved in yet but I may have to get the 50 GB. $11.88/year is not that bad. I wish I knew what actually backs up into iCloud aside from photos.
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6 responses
@kaylachan (69824)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Oct
Everything. Any text messages, any images or videos you might get sent. Music, t.v. If you go into icloud on your iPhone it'll show you all the things that's stored on there and what's taking up space on your phone. If your apps collect cookies, or anything, that data will also be stored lcally on your iphone. the conbination of both are required to backup.
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@kaylachan (69824)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Oct
@lovebuglena There's more to it than that. All apps you use collect data. Photos, music, movies, podcasts, phone calls, text messages, facetime.... everything. Hell, the camera....
@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Oct
@kaylachan how do you clear the cache or cookies from apps?
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@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
17 Oct
When I use the safari browser I clear my cookies after.
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@jefferson126 (3268)
• Shenzhen, China
15 Oct
For me,5G is enough,i will copy photos or videos from phone to laptop once in a while,therefore,i don't back up much in Cloud storage,you may use a mobile hard disk replace cloud storage to save cost.
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@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Oct
If you get a new phone and set up your AppleID on your new phone and not everything that is on your old phone is in icloud I guess it won't be on the new phone?
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@jefferson126 (3268)
• Shenzhen, China
16 Oct
@lovebuglena ,if we change a phone,we can use a function which was called "phone exchange",this function can transfer all contents on old phone to a new one,we don't have to use icloud.
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@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Oct
My mom does that 99 cents a month thing.
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@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Oct
I’m not sure if there is a such a thing with iPhones.
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@anya12adwi (9482)
• India
16 Oct
@lovebuglena Yes, there is not! But their battery is good!
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@LindaOHio (178840)
• United States
15 Oct
$11.88 a year is a pretty good deal. I pay $90 a year for automatic backup of my computer. Have a good day.
@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Oct
I do not know if my computer backs up. Have to look into that.
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