{"id":38104,"date":"2023-01-11T16:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38104"},"modified":"2023-01-11T16:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:59:33","slug":"icloud-drive-contingency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/icloud-drive-contingency\/","title":{"rendered":"iCloud Drive Contingency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mere Civilian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iCloud Drive has been my files sync solution for over 3 years now. Before that, I was using Dropbox and never had any issues with sync. Dropbox “just works”. Unfortunately, iCloud Drive does not. Randomly, files will not sync or take too long to sync. At least on two occasions, entire folders disappeared as well. It works most of the time though and since I am all in the Apple ecosystem, it is the most simple and straightforward.<\/p>\n

In addition to sync issues (which admittedly are few and far between), there is no way to ensure files remain offline in any particular device. This is largely an issue on iOS devices because, on the Mac, files appear to be available offline whenever I have needed them.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I am going to use Microsoft’s One Drive as a backup solution, thanks to the simple but effective SyncTime Mac app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I’m using iCloud Drive these days for files that I want available on my iOS devices, but it’s really annoying that I can’t mark them as always available offline. Even after manually downloading files in the Files app, iOS will decide to evict them within a matter of days, despite 100 GB of free space on my phone. Just when I’m away from cell service and want to access a PDF map that I had downloaded, it’s gone.<\/p>\n\n

Fingers crossed, but syncing has been reliable lately in my limited use.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n