Hi, I suspect that they're hidden so that we don't mess things up by accident. It is possible to see these files via the Terminal as well as creating an alias for the Mobile Documents folder on your Desktop. Be careful though when it comes to deleting as this is a shared space. That is, iCloud Drive is shared between all your Macs and iDevices. Therefore, if you remove it from the iCloud Drive on your Mac, it is also removing access to it for any iDevices that depend on that data.
In the future, iCloud Drive may become more granular, similar to Google Drive, where you can configure what's placed locally vs what's left in the Cloud, but it's not there yet. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 23, 2016, at 20:05, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone knows a way to see (and possibly delete) “hidden” iCloud data that doesn’t show up in the user interface. It would be great if one had the option of “starting over” so to speak. For example, I think iCloud stores containers for every app I’ve ever installed, some of which aren’t visible in iCloud’s “manage storage” settings or in iCloud Drive on a Mac or PC. However, I can see traces of them here and there. To give just one example, if I do a spotlight search on my Mac, I can see a folder under ~/Library/Mobile Documents/SE69VQ73SR~com~mipsoft~blindsquare. Presumably this is the container for the BlindSquare iOS app which would have my database of favourite points of interest and other settings. And, presumably the reason this is showing up on my Mac is because the Mac stores everything in my iCloud account. Now, I definitely wouldn’t want to erase that particular container and I’m glad it’s there, but the point is I’d love to be able to view all the data stored in my account and have the option of deleting some of it. I’m not a developer, but I think developers have the option of hiding their ubiquity containers if they so choose. What do you think? Cheers, Grant -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
