iCloud upload is absurdly slow

It can take up to an hour for a couple minute videos to upload iCloud so I can edit it on my iPad, this is terrible. I paid thousands and thousands of dollars for a phone and for an iPad Pro to edit videos on social media. I’ve had this problem for years, yesterday I uploaded a photo video full file size to telegram not as a video but as a file and it took about 20 seconds, it took iCloud about 10 minutes. Don’t tell me it’s my connection.

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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Aug 13, 2025 11:11 PM

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