WHAT ARE THE CLOUD SYMBOLS NEXT TO FILES

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Posted on Apr 22, 2023 09:22 AM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2023 09:26 AM

Those files in Files app marked with a ☁️ are resident in iCloud and not resident locally; not downloaded.

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Apr 22, 2023 09:26 AM in response to smokeyward

Those files in Files app marked with a ☁️ are resident in iCloud and not resident locally; not downloaded.

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