Re: [WAMUG] Strange issue logging in to iCloud ??

2024-03-10 Thread Stephen Chape via WAMUG
uested. On 10 Mar 2024, at 10:32 AM, Stephen Chape via WAMUG wrote: Hi folks. When I try to log in to iCloud. I am asked if I want to use my usual Apple ID "cha...@mac.com" If I choose yes to this, my password will not work. But if I choose “use a di

Re: [WAMUG] Strange issue logging in to iCloud ??

2024-03-10 Thread Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
rranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 10 Mar 2024, at 10:32 AM, Stephen Chape via WAMUG > wrote: > > Hi folks. > > When I

Re: [WAMUG] Strange issue logging in to iCloud ??

2024-03-10 Thread Stephen Chape via WAMUG
suggestion is: If you’re logging with Safari, go to Safari > Settings > Passwords and find the entry for your iCloud login. You can’t edit it, so delete it using the — symbol at the botton of the passwords list. Close the window and try logging in again. This time Keychain wi

Re: [WAMUG] Strange issue logging in to iCloud ??

2024-03-09 Thread Peter Hinchliffe via WAMUG
My only suggestion is: If you’re logging with Safari, go to Safari > Settings > Passwords and find the entry for your iCloud login. You can’t edit it, so delete it using the — symbol at the botton of the passwords list. Close the window and try logging in again. This time Ke

[WAMUG] Strange issue logging in to iCloud ??

2024-03-09 Thread Stephen Chape via WAMUG
Hi folks. When I try to log in to iCloud. I am asked if I want to use my usual Apple ID "cha...@mac.com" If I choose yes to this, my password will not work. But if I choose “use a different Apple ID” Then type in my usual “cha...@mac.com” My passwo

Re: [WAMUG] Splitting iPhoto library connected to iCloud

2023-01-27 Thread Tim Law via WAMUG
noon. > I’m using Ventura 13.2, the latest software on a 2017 iMac. I have a > 180Gb iPhoto library connected to iCloud and am reaching the 200Gb > limit. I don’t want to purchase more data from iCloud and want to > split off library into separate libraries. All photos are

Re: [WAMUG] Splitting iPhoto library connected to iCloud

2023-01-27 Thread Rosemary Spark via WAMUG
Jan 2023 at 14:38, Tim Law via WAMUG <[3]wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote: Good afternoon. I’m using Ventura 13.2, the latest software on a 2017 iMac. I have a 180Gb iPhoto library connected to iCloud and am reaching the 200Gb limit. I don’t want to purchase more dat

Re: [WAMUG] Splitting iPhoto library connected to iCloud

2023-01-24 Thread Tim Law via WAMUG
could do as you mention, and stop it sharing with iCloud then start it > again. But sometimes this can look like it’ll take ages to stop and restart > it. > > 2. Duplicate the whole “Photo Library” in your Pictures folder. Once > duplicated you can rename it to something like “Photo Li

Re: [WAMUG] Splitting iPhoto library connected to iCloud

2023-01-24 Thread Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
Hi Tim There’s probably a few ways you could tackle this (And others may have some other options),..but the way’s I would think of doing it would be as follows - (And this can depend on how many albums and things you have). 1. You could do as you mention, and stop it sharing with iCloud

[WAMUG] Splitting iPhoto library connected to iCloud

2023-01-23 Thread Tim Law via WAMUG
Good afternoon. I’m using Ventura 13.2, the latest software on a 2017 iMac. I have a 180Gb iPhoto library connected to iCloud and am reaching the 200Gb limit. I don’t want to purchase more data from iCloud and want to split off library into separate libraries. All photos are also stored

[WAMUG] Two iCloud accounts sharing Contacts

2022-05-05 Thread Tim Law
Hello, We have one iMac and several iPhones running Monterey 12.3.1 and iOS 15.4.1 respectively. We have two iCloud accounts, one for my wife and one for myself. We have two logins on the iMac. Each of us has our Calendar setup in our own iCloud account, and the Calendar is shared

Re: [WAMUG} iCloud.

2021-04-29 Thread Anthony (Tony) Francis
Hi Guy’s I am trying to download Photo’s stored in iCloud with minimal results, after about 3 hours iCloud downloaded 18 Photo’s, I am unable to download any more, at my last attempt I was informed that iCloud was downloading over 65,000 items?? I just want to retrieve the Photo’s that I want

Re: Backing Up Documents folder to iCloud Drive?

2020-09-29 Thread Rod Blitvich
Thank You Ronni  Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au > On 27 Sep 2020, at 10:37 am, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Blitto, > I only store my iCloud mail as I have the minimum 5GB

Re: Backing Up Documents folder to iCloud Drive?

2020-09-27 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Blitto, I only store my iCloud mail as I have the minimum 5GB of iCloud Drive. I use Dropbox for other files I need stored online as I have 8.75GB Everything else I have numerous backups of. I’ve never had any real issues using iCloud Drive, but there are others that have. https

Re: Backing Up Documents folder to iCloud Drive?

2020-09-26 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Blitto, iCloud stores shadow copies of the documents in iCloud Drive in your user library. These documents can be edited, even with no internet access. They will start updating, when you get online again. If you edit the same cloud document on different macs while offline, you may get

Re: Backing Up Documents folder to iCloud Drive?

2020-09-26 Thread Rod Blitvich
. https://www.imore.com/how-save-your-desktop-and-documents-folder-icloud-drive-macos <https://www.imore.com/how-save-your-desktop-and-documents-folder-icloud-drive-macos> https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-access-icloud-drive-mac <https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-access-icloud-drive-mac

Backing Up Documents folder to iCloud Drive?

2020-09-26 Thread Rod Blitvich
Hi Folks Anything wrong with turning this on? I think my Documents folder is 60GB and my iCould storage is 200 GB. Can I still access my documents when not connected to wifi? ta Blitto Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681

Re: iCloud Problems 6 Mar 2020

2020-03-06 Thread Ronni Brown
I live in Noranda, is this normal? I > thought with device tracking it would know exactly where I was. > > Thanks again. > > Matt. > >> >> 1. iCloud Problems (Matt Falvey) >> 2. Re: iCloud Problems (Ronni Brown) >> >> --

Re: iCloud Problems 6 Mar 2020

2020-03-06 Thread Matt Falvey
is being used to sign in to a device near Wembley, WA” is nowhere near where I live in Noranda, is this normal? I thought with device tracking it would know exactly where I was. Thanks again. Matt. > > 1. iCloud Problems (Matt Falvey) > 2. Re: iCloud Problems (Ro

Re: iCloud Problems

2020-03-05 Thread Ronni Brown
s Mac can’t connect to > iCloud because of a problem with “my email address” Open iCloud preferences > to fix this problem. > > I have two options “Later” and “iCloud Preferences” > > I choose iCloud Preferences and it tells me “Enter the Apple ID password for > “my email accou

iCloud Problems

2020-03-05 Thread Matt Falvey
Hi, I regularly get messages telling me that “This Mac can’t connect to iCloud because of a problem with “my email address” Open iCloud preferences to fix this problem. I have two options “Later” and “iCloud Preferences” I choose iCloud Preferences and it tells me “Enter the Apple ID password

Re: OSX/IOS notes in iCloud - problem with iPad

2019-05-04 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Thanks for your advice – my replies in situ: I’m starting to think that although the ipads on  IOS 10.3.3 and 9.3.5 and the iMac on OSX 10.11.6 are all capable of the notes “upgrade” the OSX Notes app continues to work fine on creating notes in icloud and moving notes to icloud

Re: OSX/IOS notes in iCloud - problem with iPad

2019-05-03 Thread Ronni Brown
is that the Notes app in 10.10 Yosemite (and iOS 8) doesn’t support the new format, so notes in your iCloud account won’t sync until upgraded. So your choice is probably… Upgrade the iPhone 4S to iOS 9.3.5 Upgrade Notes on your iOS 9 devices and use the iCloud.com Web app on unsupported devices

Re: OSX/IOS notes in iCloud - problem with iPad

2019-05-03 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Yes, I am signed into icloud on the ipads and can see all the notes in my icloud on the ipads. The problem is that we can only create new notes “on my ipad” and cannot move these notes to icloud. No, I have not upgraded our notes on the ipad. My understanding was that if we DO do

Re: OSX/IOS notes in iCloud - problem with iPad

2019-05-02 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Neil, I’ve only been able to give your message a quick read… so this may sound stupid… but are you sure you are signed into your iCloud account on the iPads. Using the same Apple ID doesn't mean your iPad automatically connects to your iCloud. This is very possible especially if you set

OSX/IOS notes in iCloud - problem with iPad

2019-05-01 Thread Neil Houghton
OK so I’m getting very confused with how notes synching works/does not work in icloud: On my iMac, OSX 10.11.6, Notes version 4.2 everything works fine – I can see notes sections for icloud, bigpond, internode, outlook and “on my computer” I create notes in the iCloud section and they go

Re: iCloud

2019-04-03 Thread Ronni Brown
gt;> two-step verification. Use these steps: >>>> • Sign in to your Apple ID account page. >>>> • In the Security section, click Edit. >>>> • Click Turn Off Two-Step Verification. Click again to confirm. >>>> >>>> You can

Re: iCloud

2019-04-03 Thread Peter Curtis
om/en-au/HT207198 >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Ronni >>> >>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>> >>> >>> On 2 Apr 2019, at 7:57 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Peter >>>> T

Re: iCloud

2019-04-03 Thread Ronni Brown
t;  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 2 Apr 2019, at 7:57 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter >>> Thank you for your suggestion! >>> I don’t have two-factor authentication set up and when I try to set it up >>

Re: iCloud

2019-04-02 Thread Peter Curtis
/support.apple.com/en-au/HT207198 > > Kind regards, > Ronni > >  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > > On 2 Apr 2019, at 7:57 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: > >> Hi Peter >> Thank you for your suggestion! >> I don’t have two-factor authenticatio

Re: iCloud

2019-04-02 Thread Ronni Brown
t; I don’t have two-factor authentication set up and when I try to set it up > according to APPLE instructions I must go to System Preferences and choose > iCloud, then Security. Only problem is that when I go to System Preferences > and iCloud there is no option to select Security

Re: iCloud

2019-04-02 Thread Peter Curtis
Hi Peter Thank you for your suggestion! I don’t have two-factor authentication set up and when I try to set it up according to APPLE instructions I must go to System Preferences and choose iCloud, then Security. Only problem is that when I go to System Preferences and iCloud there is no option

Re: iCloud

2019-03-31 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
Do you have two-factor authentication set up? This will help sort this out once and for all. > On 31 Mar 2019, at 2:59 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: > > Hi > I have a red circle with a 1 in it on my System Preferences on my MacBookPro, > on going into preferences this symbol is on

iCloud

2019-03-31 Thread Peter Curtis
Hi I have a red circle with a 1 in it on my System Preferences on my MacBookPro, on going into preferences this symbol is on the iCloud icon in there. I clicked onto this and it asked for my Apple ID and Password, on supplying this the computer thought for a while and then went back to the Apple

Re: iCloud Contacts copying to Family member

2017-10-04 Thread Peter Crisp
ly Sharing - Contacts is NOT > shared? > Is your daughter’s iPhone 4 on iOS 9.? I think iPhone 4 can’t go above iOS 9 > > Your daughter uses her iCloud username and iCloud email address > usern...@icloud.com <mailto:usern...@icloud.com> (which will become the > child’s Apple ID) >

Re: iCloud Contacts copying to Family member

2017-10-03 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Peter, I’m not sure what you have done here… In Family Sharing - Contacts is NOT shared? Is your daughter’s iPhone 4 on iOS 9.? I think iPhone 4 can’t go above iOS 9 Your daughter uses her iCloud username and iCloud email address usern...@icloud.com <mailto:usern...@icloud.com>

iCloud Contacts copying to Family member

2017-10-03 Thread Peter Crisp
On the weekend, I Set up an iPhone 4 for my daughter. She is under 13 and so has an underage Family membership which is subordinate to myself as the Family organiser. She has her own email address as well as iCloud email address. When I logged the iPhone into iCloud using her email address

Re: iCloud sign in

2017-05-10 Thread Ronda Brown
rstand. >> I’m not sure, but if no-one else has any suggestion, it might be worth >> trying this: >> You do have a current BACKUP?... >> >> On the MacBook Air >> 1. Go to System Preferences > iCloud. >> 2. Click 'Sign Out'. You’ll have to respond to a l

Re: iCloud sign in

2017-05-10 Thread Severin Crisp
To clarify:- I can sign in to iCloud on all 4 devices and my username and password are accepted on all. When viewing Settings/iCloud/Photos/Options on the MacAir and I try to alter a setting, the setting is changed but asking for confirmatory PW it is rejected Sorry I

Re: iCloud sign in

2017-05-09 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Severin, > On 9 May 2017, at 2:29 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > I have 4 Macs, 2 iOS and 2 OSX. On all four I can sign in and get in to my > account - i.e. my email address and Apple password are accepted by iCloud. So no problems signing

iCloud sign in

2017-05-09 Thread Severin Crisp
I have 4 Macs, 2 iOS and 2 OSX. On all four I can sign in and get in to my account - i.e. my email address and Apple password are accepted by iCloud. I tried to change one of the options for Photos on my MacAir and it will not accept my password. What have I missed that needs setting up

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data - has become Apple iCloud

2017-01-02 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Michael When you install updates, or the main system itself, there’s a huge screen of Terms of Conditions. I’m sure it’s listed there,…(I’ve never personally sat down and read them all, but it does cover pretty much everything Apple, iCloud etc from what I’m aware). And with every update

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data - has become Apple iCloud

2017-01-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
Daniel, I've never used iCloud other than for its find my phone function and find my Mac function and doubt that I ever will, thumb drives will do for me. I don't remember seeing terms, conditions, caveats or warnings. All I'm aware of is if I go to system preferences then select iCloud

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data - has become Apple iCloud

2017-01-01 Thread Daniel Kerr
I wasn’t going to reply to this, but there is incorrect information Michael. That’s actually not correct. If you’re using iCloud Drive and your Desktop and Documents are in the cloud, when you turn it off, they come back. I know this,…as I’ve changed it around for clients. When it’s set up

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Tim Law
tick the "off" box a warning appears on the screen to the effect > that if iCloud is turned off, all data will be removed from the computer. > > If that's not being held to ransom, I don't what is > > Cheers, > > Michael > > Sent from my iPhone > >&

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Tim Law
Well.. Yes. That IS true on several levels. My initial query was very clearly about me wanting, desperately to make sure it DID sync. The only replies I have had are from nay sayers with other beefs about iCloud that are spurious to the initial query, and further responses to this thread

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
And if you tick the "off" box a warning appears on the screen to the effect that if iCloud is turned off, all data will be removed from the computer. If that's not being held to ransom, I don't what is Cheers, Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Jan 2017, at 2:23 pm, Mi

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
All I know is that If you don't want anything to go to iCloud Drive, you have to make sure that the "On" box is not ticked. Cheers, Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Jan 2017, at 2:06 pm, Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: > > Bill, > > I don't a

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Tim Law
Bill, I don't agree that iCloud is only useful for finding a lost phone. I didn't seek advise on iCloud security nor what my personal choices of how the technology suits my lifestyle should be. The purpose for my initial request for guidance and support on a technical matter has been resolved

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Bill Parker
Time, I don’t think its necessary to be forced by Apple to do anything. I use Bing to search and unless I clear all sites after doing so I notice ads popping up for service I was previously searching for. Kill off Cookies! iCloud? Extremely useful for finding a lost phone, but not much else

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2017-01-01 Thread Tim Law
Michael my recollection from the last month, was that prior to me making a decision to use iCloud to sync my Photos, that I used iTunes, which I understand is the default, or at least was the only option for many years. This worked fine, but for the reasons I have already stated, I chose

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-31 Thread Rob Phillips
I agree wholeheartedly! Rob On 1/1/17 10:40 am, Michael Hawkins wrote: Thanks Tim. What underpinned my email was my frustration with what I see as Apple's less than open tactic of making uploading to iCloud the default setting when iOS updates are released. I don't know what the privacy laws

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-31 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, On your iPhone check your 'Languages' 1. Go to Setting > General > Language & Region 2. iPhone Language English 3. Tap Other Languages 4. Do you have another language Selected? 5. If so Tap Done, then tap 'Keep English' Kind Regards, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus > On 1 Jan

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-31 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thanks Tim. What underpinned my email was my frustration with what I see as Apple's less than open tactic of making uploading to iCloud the default setting when iOS updates are released. I don't know what the privacy laws are in whichever Country the server is housed, and the debacle

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-31 Thread Tim Law
Fair question Michael, The advantage of iCloud syncing as I see it, is that you can have one ‘master’ computer where you download and store the originals photos, AS WELL AS storing the full sized versions on the cloud. This enables Time Machine and Super Duper to back up the photos if iCloud

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-31 Thread Michael Hawkins
imilar problems with iCloud > syncing ‘stuck’. > > I now have a reasonable degree of confidence that Photos has been sorted and > will now correctly sync with iCloud over four devices. > This has not been the easy process I had expected. I discovered that > creating a new library

Re: What Next after Reset my iMac with Sierra, basic Apps and iCloud Drive

2016-12-31 Thread Marcus F Harris
gt; 27,which used to hold all my files. >> The iMac 27 now operates well with Sierra OS 10.121.2 and with just the >> basic applications installed with thee reset. >> >> However with the new setup every new file went straight to iCloud Drive. >> >> I tur

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-30 Thread Tim Law
Update. For the benefit of anyone else having similar problems with iCloud syncing ‘stuck’. I now have a reasonable degree of confidence that Photos has been sorted and will now correctly sync with iCloud over four devices. This has not been the easy process I had expected. I discovered

Re: Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-23 Thread Tim Law
is in tomorrow. Cheers Tim > On 23 Dec 2016, at 6:35 PM, Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: > > Good evening, > > I am hoping to find out how to reset the sync data to force one computer to > reset the sync data for loading Photos to iCloud > > Two weeks,

Resetting iCloud - Photos sync data

2016-12-23 Thread Tim Law
Good evening, I am hoping to find out how to reset the sync data to force one computer to reset the sync data for loading Photos to iCloud Two weeks, or more, ago, I turned on iCloud storage for Photos on four devices. All are logged into the same iCloud account, although some are @me.com

Re: What Next after Reset my iMac with Sierra, basic Apps and iCloud Drive

2016-12-22 Thread Ronni Brown
that use your Apple ID (including iTunes and iBooks) may need you to sign in again. Check System Preferences > iCloud to make sure you’re signed in to iCloud (and with the correct Apple ID). Do the same in iTunes (Account > View My Account) and the App Store (Store > View My Account).

Re: What Next after Reset my iMac with Sierra, basic Apps and iCloud Drive

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
ty. > > Then I went away on holiday with my laptop and returned this week to my iMac > 27,which used to hold all my files. > The iMac 27 now operates well with Sierra OS 10.121.2 and with just the basic > applications installed with thee reset. > > However with the new se

What Next after Reset my iMac with Sierra, basic Apps and iCloud Drive

2016-12-22 Thread Marcus F Harris
all my files. The iMac 27 now operates well with Sierra OS 10.121.2 and with just the basic applications installed with thee reset. However with the new setup every new file went straight to iCloud Drive. I turned off iCloud Drive and there's a new Documents folder in Finder. That’s fine but I

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-02 Thread Ronni Brown
Thanks Graham, Yes, good to make an appointment with Daniel to fix this for you. Daniel asked you to do the same as I had asked you in my first reply to you below. Begin Quote/ "So what I would suggest you try: 1. Go to your iCloud Drive and move the files back from the Documents and De

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-02 Thread Graham Rabe
, they were not there - they were now under iCloud in the Sidebar. The 3 folders under iCloud are now fir the first time ever iCloud Drive, Desktop and Documents. Prior to the upgrade, Documents and Desktop were in the Sidebar under Favourites. I repeat, it was when I tried to find a document

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-02 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Graham, I thought you did NOT want to use 'iCloud Drive' - that you were asking help to get your Documents & Desktop files/folders back to the original setup - to having all your documents & desktop files saved in your Home Finder folders on your Mac - NOT stored in 'iClo

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
abe <gra...@rabe.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > Thanks for that. > > Neither method you’ve referred to works. Documents and Desktop folders are > nowhere to be seen under first method and the only reference to those folders > in the Sidebar using the second m

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
gt; wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > Thanks for that. > > Neither method you’ve referred to works. Documents and Desktop folders are > nowhere to be seen under first method and the only reference to those folders > in the Sidebar using the second method is under the iCloud s

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-10-01 Thread Graham Rabe
Hi Daniel, Thanks for that. Neither method you’ve referred to works. Documents and Desktop folders are nowhere to be seen under first method and the only reference to those folders in the Sidebar using the second method is under the iCloud section. Cheers, Graham > On 1 Oct. 2016, at 8

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-30 Thread Daniel Kerr
> “Documents” and have been unable to find anything on web about how to put 2 > new folders there. Can you help? > > Another thing - when I open a Word file I’m working on in iCloud Drive, it > opens up fine but when I right click on the file name at the top of the > screen, it s

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-30 Thread Graham Rabe
Hi Ronni, Thanks for getting back to me. I no longer have folders under Favorites in Finder called “Desktop" and “Documents” and have been unable to find anything on web about how to put 2 new folders there. Can you help? Another thing - when I open a Word file I’m working on in iCloud

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Graham, The documents that were originally on your startup drive are still there after turning on syncing. They have just been made invisible. A) Are you sure all your documents & desktop files have been uploaded to iCloud Drive? B) Did you turn on “Optimize Mac Storage” under iCloud D

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Graham Rabe
Hi ronni, Looking at this link https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7680027?start=0=0 <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7680027?start=0=0> makes me think that my problem is not so easily resolved by unticking the Desktop and Documents folder in iCloud under System Preferences. By t

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Graham Rabe
Thanks for that Ronni. If I go to iCloud in System Preferences and untick iCloud Drive, the message is “If you continue, documents on your Desktop and in your Documents folder will be visible in iCloud Drive only”. That is exactly what I do not want. I just want to be where I was before

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, I thought I had already explained in my previous reply? To add to my previous explanation of 'Handoff'. "Handoff let's you start something on one device and instantly pick it up on other devices using your iCloud account. The app you need appears in the lock screen, app swi

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thanks Ronni, What's the difference in result between hand-off and emailing to yourself, what ever you're working on? Cheers, Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Sep. 2016, at 8:00 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hello Graham & Michael, > > You DON’T

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Ronni Brown
Hello Graham & Michael, You DON’T have to use "iCloud Drive" unless you want to! The first thing I do after installing a OS X update & iOS update is check that iCloud Drive is NOT ON… & turn if OFF if it is. " iCloud Drive” is turned OFF on all my iDevices

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Hawkins
t; <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au <mailto:michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au>> >> wrote: >> >> If you're constantly shuttling between keyboard and iCloud, you must have a >> large monthly limit! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Graham Rabe
I’m on a limitless plan with iinet. Have you upgraded to Sierra? If so - any problems? > On 29 Sep. 2016, at 3:46 pm, Michael Hawkins > <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: > > If you're constantly shuttling between keyboard and iCloud, you must have a > large mon

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Hawkins
If you're constantly shuttling between keyboard and iCloud, you must have a large monthly limit! Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Sep. 2016, at 2:50 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au> wrote: > > I use my credit card :) >> On 29 Sep. 2016, at 2:09 pm, Michael Hawk

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Graham Rabe
; <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote: > >> I’ve upgraded to Sierra and all of my data in my previous “Documents” folder >> previously on my hard drive (in Finder under Documents”) is now only >> available in iCloud (where there is now a “Documents” folder). There is n

Re: macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-29 Thread Michael Hawkins
ents”) is now only > available in iCloud (where there is now a “Documents” folder). There is no > longer a “Documents” folder listed anywhere on my hard drive. > > I’ve gone to System Preferences - iCloud and see that I can change that > scenario (under Options). > > What I

macOS Sierra - iCloud - "Documents" folder on hard drive

2016-09-28 Thread Graham Rabe
I’ve upgraded to Sierra and all of my data in my previous “Documents” folder previously on my hard drive (in Finder under Documents”) is now only available in iCloud (where there is now a “Documents” folder). There is no longer a “Documents” folder listed anywhere on my hard drive. I’ve gone

Re: Messages on ipad - iCloud Family Sharing

2016-07-18 Thread Peter Crisp
ac.com> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > I’ve added to your subject - iCloud Family Sharing > > I was not going to add anything more as I've given you all information on > iCloud Family Sharing before, and mentioned that you first needed to update > your Apple ID password se

Re: Messages on ipad - iCloud Family Sharing

2016-07-18 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Peter, I’ve added to your subject - iCloud Family Sharing I was not going to add anything more as I've given you all information on iCloud Family Sharing before, and mentioned that you first needed to update your Apple ID password security. Which you chose to ignore until Apple support

iCloud log in and iTunesStore Log in

2015-10-04 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi all, I mentioned in my upgrade comments that I couldn’t log into iTunes or iCloud. Still can’t. Changed password. updated iPad and iPhone, all happy. MacBookPro, not processing change, log in screen goes grey, unresponsive. Tried iCloud and iTunes to re-enter password. Delete plists

iCloud issues with Contacts and Bookmarks

2015-10-01 Thread Alan Smith
My iMac Contacts and Safari Bookmarks data have changed in the last day or so. I think the Safari Reading List may also have been changed. I think iCloud data has merged with iMac data as a number of old, previously edited and deleted entries have returned. 1. Can I delete Contacts

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, Have you tried these steps? 1. Open Safari 2. Choose Safari->Preferences 3. Choose "Passwords" 4. Uncheck "AutoFill user names and passwords" 5. Choose "AutoFill" 6. Uncheck all items 7. Close Preferences 8. Close Safari 9. Reboot 10. Open System

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Alan Smith
More information: 1. Console log message corresponding to my attempt to uncheck Keychain from the iCloud account was: 29/09/2015 4:38:55.637 pm com.apple.preferences.icloud.remoteservice[1816]: SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle!! 8 2. Linc Davis (Apple Support

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Ronda Brown
item in the iCloud system preferences. This solution was provided by Apple Support so it bares the least risk. You might notice however that many Safari extensions disappear, so I'd recommend making a list of them prior to proceeding with the above steps. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Alan Smith
with the hope it might trigger some refresh signal, but I did not toggle all the AutoFill items. After Reboot I attempted to Sign Out of iCloud, but still got the alert message about “account couldn’t be removed”. Noted that Keychain was still checked in the iCloud list. Cheers Alan > On 29

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Alan Smith
brary/Keychains/ to some backup location (WARNING: this > will remove your passwords from the Keychain, hence the backup) > Remove contents of ~/Library/Caches; reboot; empty trash again (since some > items can't be deleted before a reboot) > Uncheck the Keychain item in the iCloud sys

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Ronda Brown
gt;> Move contents in ~/Library/Keychains/ to some backup location (WARNING: this >> will remove your passwords from the Keychain, hence the backup) >> Remove contents of ~/Library/Caches; reboot; empty trash again (since some >> items can't be deleted before a reboot) &

Re: Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-29 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni, Success! Thank you. At the end of the process there was a flood of alert messages prompting for login passwords which was distracting. When I got to Apple - System Prefs - iCloud, the only option was to sign out, and the scroll box for the list of features was inoperable (faint

Can't sign out of iCloud from iMac

2015-09-28 Thread Alan Smith
I cannot sign out of iCloud on my iMac via Apple - Preferences - iCloud. I get info message “Your iCloud account couldn’t be removed at this time. Turn off all iCloud services and try again". The Keychain service cannot be unchecked, which I assume is the cause. I signed in to iclou

Calendars lost from iPad / iCloud Communication Problem

2015-06-03 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
deleted all the duplicates. But the deletions did not show on the iPad so I deleted the Home-Shared calendar (thinking I could retrieve it from the MBP). Now I have only the generic Calendar and Birthdays. So I turned off sync via iCloud and synced via iTunes (after exporting the info to a file

Re: Calendars lost from iPad / iCloud Communication Problem

2015-06-03 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Diana, Just a very quick reply. Make sure your iCloud Calendar is the Default Calendar Account. And any other Calendars are under iCloud on your Macs. Check out this link for help. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203521 Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 4 Jun 2015, at 10:04 am

Re: Calendars lost from iPad / iCloud Communication Problem

2015-06-03 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hi Ronni The Home-Shared iCloud calendar is the default. There are four calendars on iCloud: Work, Home-Shared, Calendar and Home, only Home Shared is selected, the others have no entries. There was an extra calendar named 'Calendar' on the MBP, I have deleted it. I deleted it before

Re: Lost 'notes' in iCloud

2015-02-08 Thread Tim Law
Thanks for the idea Marcus. I should clarify/correct that I have learnt there are different routes to retrieving a backup of the iOS data. One is via iTunes on the desktop computer, and the other is via iCloud direct from the device. When trying to retrieve direct from the device to iCloud

Re: Lost 'notes' in iCloud

2015-02-05 Thread Tim Law
Hello all. I have recovered my Notes... :-) It's a cautionary tale too about the difficulty of retrieving stuff from iCloud if something goes wrong and data goes from the iCloud server. It's hard to get back. I found it is very useful to back up the iOS device to 'My Computer' because

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