I have the 2 TB iCloud+ plan. Trying to copy a large 0.4 TB folder to iCloud Drive in finder but finder reports there isn't enough free space to copy. (I know it will take a long time.) According to Settings/iCloud, 0.191 TB used. Using Sequoia 15.5 on a MacBook Pro. Any idea what is going on?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.5
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? iCloud is a sync system, so you would have to have at least 400 GB free, copy 400 GB to the drive, and the let iCloud upload it.
You can upload data using the web interface too, but I don't know if that will handle 400 GB.
How much free space do you have on your hard drive? iCloud is a sync system, so you would have to have at least 400 GB free, copy 400 GB to the drive, and the let iCloud upload it.
You can upload data using the web interface too, but I don't know if that will handle 400 GB.
This Apple article:
Check your iCloud Drive file and folder status on Mac - Apple Support
says there is a 50GB limit on folder size:
Allan Jones wrote:
This Apple article:
Check your iCloud Drive file and folder status on Mac - Apple Support
says there is a 50GB limit on folder size:
I have iCloud folders bigger than that. I have one with lots of subfolders that's 100 GB. I've got another with no subfolders that is 54 GB.
Interesting. Thanks! I guess I should report the article as inaccurate.
I had also wondered if free space on the computer drive was a factor, but have never uploaded anything that big.
Thanks to all - good info! I was hoping to keep all my LightRoom photos in iCloud (for security). Maybe individual folders that are below the 50 GB limit...
Thanks again!
Allan Jones wrote:
I guess I should report the article as inaccurate.
Don't do that! Apple might "fix the glitch" and delete 150 GB of my data.
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2 TB plan but finder says not enough space for 0.4TB
