icloud backup

Running a brand new SE 3, upgraded from SE 2. How is my iCloud backup so small even though the photo album is so large (relatively)? My last backup from the SE 2 before updating was 2.9 GB. Is this lower number due to indexing or something about having a new phone?

I just got the iphone se (2022) phone last week and I had previously had iphone 8. Anyways, I noticed when I went to my icloud.com webiste under data recovery it said I had deleted contacts when I indeed HADNT. Im wondering if this is a ios 17.1 glitch? Anyone else have this problem or just me?

This is weird and annoying: I'm getting "This iPhone cannot be backed up because there is not enough iCloud storage available." when I have more than 2TB free in iCloud. See screenshots below. I have shot 280 GB of long videos recently, and they are also stuck with iCloud Photo Library saying...

I am looking for help/advice on how to deal with a low storage issue. I have a MacBook Air with only a 128 GB SDD and need to update to a newer version of MacOS. I have deleted everything I possibly can but still don't have enough space on the HDD. However, the Photos App is using 14.17 GB of...

So I wanted to move whatsapp from my android to my new 14 pro max. (I used whatsapp on an android; and had a 12 pro max iCloud backup to restore). On the Apps & Data screen in the setup, (which has options like: “Restore from iCloud backup”, “Restore from Mac or PC”, “Move data from Android”), I...

Hi everyone, I have been trying to backup my Iphone since I need to send it to repair of overheating issue. My Iphone is 12 Promax, 256GB, using iOS 16.1.1. My used storage is around 180GB. However, I tried for weeks (from iOS 15.7 version till now) by all methods I know but I can't get it back...

Around July/August 2019 while I was on vacation, I started getting alerts about my iCloud storage running low. I thought I’d only used around 3.5GB on iCloud so far. But when I checked what could've possibly just started using over a gig of iCloud storage, I saw that my iPad's iCloud backup size...

My wife and I are on a family sharing account with my kids for iCloud. I am the organizer and she is a parent. As such she can’t do everything I can as the organizer. I want her to have unrestricted access to my iCloud account so she can modify stuff and do whatever she needs to. It’s my...

My husband had his old iPhone (8?) in his drawer, it had been wiped clean. A week later I looked at it, and it had contacts on it . It had both very recent contacts, probably within the last month, but it also had what (he says) were the old contacts that were on that phone before we were a...

So I finally got my new MacBook Pro M1 and I'm loving it! I still have my 2015 MacBook Pro on which I have enabled back up through iCloud for all my documents and desktop. The issue is that now my M1 MacBook Pro is getting all the documents from that MacBook and I really don't want that as I...

Hello everyone - I'm really hoping to get a compelling reason to not set-up my Macbook Air as new. i have my old macbook copy (1TB) backed up to the cloud which includes apps/photos/music/messages/documents. I had a few apps on my old Macbook (Microsoft suite & adobe suite) so I don't have...

It would be nice to get the iCloud backup feature for Apple tv‘s as is for iPhones and iPads - to restore or transfer all settings to new devices - any news on such feature on the roadmap?

Hi all I have iCloud Photos sync enabled on my iPhone & iPad. Total storage is taking 53GB out of my 200GB plan. I have a lot of pictures (close to 500GB) on my old Macbook which are stored locally in the Photos Library. My Macbook is not synced to iCloud Photos. What will happen if I...

I recently signed up for the 2TB option for iCloud. I have about 1.3 TB of photos and videos on USB drives. I would like to copy them to iCloud. So far, when I do that, it appears to replicate the data on my MacBook's local SSD drive. Obviously, the files on the USB drive are larger than my...

I recently uploaded a number of photos and videos from my Mac to iCloud. These files were not in my Photos app on my Mac but rather saved as files. When I uploaded the videos to iCloud, they were saved as photos. I accidentally deleted the original files. Is there anything I can do? Has the...

Manually initiated iCloud backup of whatsapp while on cellular connection does not go beyond 95% completion. After reaching 95% the iCloud backup of whatsapp stops and displays message - waiting for WiFi connection. Moreover since the whatsapp backup continues till 95% completion even while on...

Afternoon, first time post so please be gentle. I'm currently in a glass case of emotion at the minute with everything iCloud... I purchased the iPhone Xs on launch day and everything worked great. Restored from iCloud (50GB) and everything from my iPhone 7 pulled through great. No problems at...

In the process of transferring my data from an iPhone 6s (with a broken "Home" button) to my "new" iPhone 6, I was prompted to enter the password for an Apple ID that I recognized but isn't mine. My new iPhone isn’t actually new, but it was wiped clean. The owner of the Apple ID I was prompted...

iPhone 6+ will not back up to iCloud, keeps repeating that a back up could not be completed tried multiple times: 1. signing in/out of icloud 2. reset network settings 3. reset all settings 4. turning iPhone on/off, soft/hard reset 5. turned off wifi assist can't be wifi/router as 2 iPads...

I have sign to a 2Tb iCloud for holding my ~500Gb photos and documents . However, I want to to also keep at least two local copies of my files and photos. With files, that's easy and done. However, with Apple Photos, it is being an year since I've been trying to re-sync my Photo Library. When...