With the advent of iCloud, Apple's already reliable devices have become even cooler. The service has become especially useful for those who own several gadgets at once: Mac + iPhone, iPhone + iPad and other combinations.
iCloud is so deeply embedded in the system that it is impossible to use an iPhone and never encounter this service. But if you leave everything to chance, sooner or later the user will see a message like this:
The fact is that Apple gives free 5 GB in its cloud storage, which fills up after a couple of months of use. The solution is simple: buy additional space, fortunately the prices are quite affordable, for example, 200 GB of available memory will cost 149 rubles/month.
You won't take us that easily. When buying an expensive smartphone, you first need to save on cases, and then on iCloud.
Okay, every joke has some humor in it. In fact, there is no need for hundreds of gigabytes of space if you do not make cloud copies and store photos there. That is, practically do not use iCloud.
But there are also less painful ways. It is enough to configure the upload parameters once and clean the data from time to time. Here are some tricks:
Configuring reservation settings
The main consumer of cloud memory is backup. But it is not at all necessary to copy the complete list of programs; you can disable unnecessary ones here:
iOS 11 and later: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups iOS 10.3: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Storage > Manage Storage iOS 10.2 and below: Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage
Select your device and disable copying of unnecessary programs.
Reducing the size of backups
The most effective way is to transfer all photos and videos to your computer, delete them from the iPhone and create a new copy manually. Here's how to find the button you need:
iOS 10.3 and above: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup iOS 10.2 and below: Settings > iCloud > Backup
Click the “Create backup” button and wait. In this case, the device must be connected to Wi-Fi. During this time, you can use your iPhone as usual.
Removing unnecessary backups
You can also simply delete them and not make new ones. By the way, it’s worth checking the list of backup copies, even if you don’t intend to delete them; for a year and a half, my backup of the sold iPhone 4s was hanging around.
iOS 11 and later: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups iOS 10.3: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Storage > Manage Storage iOS 10.2 and below: Settings > General > Storage & iCloud > Manage
Select the unnecessary copy and click “Delete copy” > “Turn off and delete”. iPhone will stop making new backups to the cloud.
Disable uploading of photos and videos
iCloud does its best to save photos and videos, and even save them on all connected devices. The function is convenient, but very power hungry. Free memory fills up instantly. You can set up uploading photos and videos here:
iOS 7 and later: Settings > Photos
We disable iCloud Photo Library and upload to Photo Stream, and on devices running iOS 11 and higher, select “Keep original” instead of “Optimize storage on iPhone”.
Removing data from applications
Remember that iCloud is used not only by internal system services, but also by third-party applications? Fortunately, all documents and data created by these applications can be deleted. Here's the way:
iOS 11 and above: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage iOS 10.3: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Storage iOS 10.2 and below: Settings > General > “Storage and iCloud”
Select the application and click “Delete documents and data”.
Cleaning or disabling iCloud Drive
The OS X cloud application was added to the iPhone with the release of iOS 9. You can clear the list of files stored in the cloud:
iOS 11 and later: Files app > Browse button at bottom > iCloud Drive iOS 10.3 and later: iCloud Drive app > Select button
Select unnecessary files and click “Delete”. In iOS 11 and higher, you should empty the Recently Deleted Items folder. (Browse tab, Places section)
You can simply not use iCloud Drive by turning off the toggle switch at:
iOS 10.3 and later: Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Drive iOS 10.2 and later: Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive
So should I clean or buy more space?
I monitored the space in iCloud for a couple of years until I paid myself 200 GB for the whole family. And I never regretted it. Seriously, 149 rubles is not enough to drink coffee once. But all the photos are in the cloud, copies are there, and on all devices at once.
I unload everything at once, deleted iTunes from my work computer, and no notifications bother me. Some advantages.
Well, it's up to you to decide.
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