Hi, I would not go that direction at all. When/if you get a new Mac, it is very easy to move everything from one to the other during the setup process. When you turn on a brand new Mac, it lets you choose your language, your keyboard preference, some networking stuff, then asks if you'd like to migrate data from another computer. You have choices of from another Mac, a Windows PC or a Time Machine backup. In your case, you'd choose another Mac then follow the prompts. It moves over everything including Wifi passwords so it is much more reliable than what you're thinking of doing. In fact, I believe that moving the entire Home folder would not actually work to do what you want.
Later.... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 31, 2015, at 14:06, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: I don't see why that wouldn't work, though if you have any shortcuts or aliases set up, they may not carry over. Remember, though, that (A) you'll have to wait for everything to upload, and I know of no way to check the status like you can do in Dropbox; and (B) you need enough iCloud storage space to begin with. If you're trying to move a 50GB folder in there, and you only have the 20GB iCloud plan, it won't all fit. I have no idea what might happen, or how iCloud/OS X determines what would get uploaded and what wouldn't. If possible, I'd trust a move like this to a local, external hard drive rather than the cloud. It'd be far faster and more efficient, plus you'd know you got everything. > On Aug 31, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ah, so, let me see. since I've only got 96.27GB left on my hard drive, that > means I had better do the following just before getting my new Mac hooked up. > > 1. Assuming I do get a new Mac, get it home or wait for it to arrive. > > 2. Now, using CMD+c, copy the entire home folder structure to the clip > board, (in this case, the folder named Ray which is my home folder). > > 3. Next, open iCloud drive with CMD+shift+i. > > 4. Now, use CMD+Option+v to move that entire structure in to iCloud drive > since merely coppying it would call for more space than I have. > > 5. Now, turn on my new Mac making sure it's connected via RJ45 cable to the > internet and when VO is good and running, sign in with my Apple ID. > > I reckon that those steps would then make it possible, once I'm signed > in to iCloud, to just move that folder structure in to the proper place on > the new Mac. > > This should work as well if I decided to do a fresh install on this Mac > and wipe the drive empty after moving stuff to iCloud right? > > Am I going wrong somewhere? > > Anything I'm overlooking? > > > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, > > Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > > Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in!!! > >> On Aug 31, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> It's still on your hard drive, though. What that did was make it available >> across iCloud, it didn't automatically store it in the cloud. It's just like >> Dropbox, Google Drive, and other services in that way. Currently, I know of >> no way to store something in iCloud and force it to not also be stored >> locally. That's not to say that such a function isn't out there. >>> On Aug 31, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> First of all, thanks to all y'all who helped with my signature issue. >>> >>> I just decided to throw everything out and start all over again. >>> >>> Now, I have an iCloud drive question. >>> >>> First, you need to know that at the moment, I have only 96.27GB left on my >>> hard drive. Now, I took an audio file of about 8MB in size and copied it >>> to the clip board. Then, I opened iCloud drive using CMD+shift+i. Then, I >>> used CMD+Option+v to move the file from my actual hard drive to iCloud >>> drive. I have space enough so that's not an issue. >>> >>> Here's the funny thing. Now that I've moved the file, I check my avaliable >>> hard drive space and guess what, it's still showing 96.27GB. Should it not >>> be less now with the fine gone? >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, >>> >>> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in!!! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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