A Apple Apple Inc. announced today that it will discontinue iCloud Documents and Data, a service that automatically backs up and integrates devices into the cloud, by May 2022. The company will replace the service with iCloud Drive, and will simultaneously migrate all accounts from the old platform.
A company explains that users who do not use iCloud Drive will need to enable integration with the service on their devices Apple if they want to access previous files. Since the feature saves preferences, history, customizations and other daily usage data, the public will have to opt for the service if they do not want to lose the backup of photos or playlists from Apple Music, for example.
Enabling iCloud Drive
To do this, users on iOS and iPadOS will need to go to Settings, click on their user profile and, in the iCloud tab, activate the iCloud Drive function. From there, the data will be accessible through the Files app.
On MacOS, you will need to access the menu Apple, System Preferences, and then click on the ID Apple (Mojave versions onwards of the operating system do not need to click). Then, select iCloud, log in with your ID Apple, if necessary, and select iCloud Drive. The documents can be found in the iCloud Drive Finder.
Finally, users need to log in to iCloud.com and migrate to the iCloud Drive option. The option will be available within one of four options: Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and iCloud.
End of confusion
The forced migration of Documents and Data from iCloud to iCloud Drive is the end of the confusion between the two services, which over time did similar things, but were not the same thing. Originally launched in 2014, iCloud Drive is a cloud file storage and, like Google Drive, allows the organization and sharing of documents over the internet.
iCloud is the cloud service of Apple that concentrates data from all integrated services — of which iCloud is just one. Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Photos and even iCloud Mail use storage separately.
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