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iCloud storage change

I have 71gb in iCloud and 66 gb on my iPhone. The phone is a 256. If I drop down to the 5gb iCloud plan does all my stuff end up on my phone or do I lose it? Thanks.

Posted on Jan 23, 2022 8:47 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022 9:05 PM

Duncan314 Said:

"iCloud storage change: I have 71gb in iCloud and 66 gb on my iPhone. The phone is a 256. If I drop down to the 5gb iCloud plan does all my stuff end up on my phone or do I lose it? Thanks."

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Back Up iCloud:

You will lose whatever is not downloaded. So, as long as you download it all first, nothing will be lost. So, I'd urge you to download them to a computer, and then on to a hard drive. Using a computer would be more user-friendly. Or, you can backup your iCloud storage: Perform as Ive Instructed Here: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip

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Jan 23, 2022 9:05 PM in response to Duncan314

Duncan314 Said:

"iCloud storage change: I have 71gb in iCloud and 66 gb on my iPhone. The phone is a 256. If I drop down to the 5gb iCloud plan does all my stuff end up on my phone or do I lose it? Thanks."

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Back Up iCloud:

You will lose whatever is not downloaded. So, as long as you download it all first, nothing will be lost. So, I'd urge you to download them to a computer, and then on to a hard drive. Using a computer would be more user-friendly. Or, you can backup your iCloud storage: Perform as Ive Instructed Here: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip

Jan 23, 2022 9:44 PM in response to Duncan314

Duncan314 Said:

"Thanks for that. I don’t understand this stuff real well so I’ll ask another question. If I follow your directions it seems what I have in iCloud will end up on my hard drive. How do I get it onto my iPhone? Thanks again."

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You are welcome.


To get it back on your iPhone:


Getting Back Files:

Manually transfer things into it. Using a computer, you upload them to iCloud, You'd access iCloud through Safari at this link: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive, and then dragging-&-dropping things into it.


As for the Applications:

Contact the developer, or download it from the App Store, installing it once more.

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