I went to disabled iCloud on one of my Macs and I got this warning:
"If you turn off Documents and Data, all documents stored in iCloud will be deleted from this Mac"
Let's get past the jaw-to-the-floor, how-dare-you, !!!$$%#$## moment. They are morons and don't respect your data.
So, how do you figure out just what is in iCloud? I don't see an easy iCloud viewing option in Finder.
Doing some digging this is what I found:
- Open Finder
- Fire-up "Go To Tolder"
- Enter ~/Library/
- Go into "Mobile Documents"
That's what's on iCloud. You have to manually dig through it all and figure out what's there.
If you delete anything there it will be deleted from all of your sync'ed devices, including your local Mac. It will also end-up in the trash folder.
You could copy it all to a USB drive, memory stick, or, better yet, Dropbox. Then you can completely disable iCloud knowing your data is safe and iCloud will never cause you further grief.
Yeah, that's just a hidden surprise for you to discover next time you sync, as I unfortunately discovered when it deleted my entire schedule from a corporate Exchange Account. So not only does it apply to your iDevice, it also applies to any accounts that you've linked to the device and conform to the latest generation of CYA extensions for the Enterprise.
"If you turn off Documents and Data, all documents stored in iCloud will be deleted from this Mac"
Let's get past the jaw-to-the-floor, how-dare-you, !!!$$%#$## moment. They are morons and don't respect your data.
So, how do you figure out just what is in iCloud? I don't see an easy iCloud viewing option in Finder.
Doing some digging this is what I found:
That's what's on iCloud. You have to manually dig through it all and figure out what's there.If you delete anything there it will be deleted from all of your sync'ed devices, including your local Mac. It will also end-up in the trash folder.
You could copy it all to a USB drive, memory stick, or, better yet, Dropbox. Then you can completely disable iCloud knowing your data is safe and iCloud will never cause you further grief.