optimized storage

I have 2Tb of iCloud storage. On my MacBook I have 500GB. I keep getting "Mac storage is full" messages which keeps me from getting any work done. With Optimize Mac Storage on, shouldn't Mac automatically "throttle" what's on my MacBook so I can keep using it? In System Prefs, it shows...

At some point in the past year (maybe when iOS 12 was installed?), a thing popped up on my iPhone asking me if I want to use optimized storage for music. It sounded good so I hit yes (big mistake). Now I’m having the problem where my iPhone 6 randomly removes downloads of songs I’ve purchased...

I am setting up my home Macs, both High Sierra, (a 5'1 flashed late '09 Mac Pro with a 256 GB SSD and a late '16 MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD) to work together for my photography. I figure I can spare 50GB on both drives for working files which should be immediately accessible from both Macs. Can...

Hi guys, Just switched many years ago from PC (Windows/Linux user) to Mac for the first time, and i go for the new 13" MBPr 2016 TB (base model). There some much stuff that I should learned about mac environment, and I want ask about "Purgeable space" on this new macOS. I've search about this...

So I've read a couple conflicting articles on how Time Machine backups are affected by Sierra's new "Store in iCloud" feature - in summary: Pre-Sierra, a user could have potentially 3 copies of a file: locally, in iCloud, and via Time Machine backup. With Sierra's "Store in iCloud" enabled...