I have lots of files stored in iCloud documents at the moment, if I upgrade to iCloud drive, are those files automatically copied across to iCloud drive, or will i lose those documents if i upgrade?
MacOS – Upgrading from iCloud documents to iCloud drive
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From my understanding, once you migrate to iCloud Drive, your old 'Documents & Data' storage is converted & no longer exists in its old location.
Mavericks/iOS 7 can't see iCloud Drive & Yosemite/iOS 8 can't see the old Documents & Data, migrated or not.
Refs:
- http://support.apple.com/en-la/HT201104
- http://support.apple.com/en-la/HT201385
- http://www.cultofmac.com/296334/psa-shouldnt-upgrade-icloud-drive-ios-8-yet/
- http://www.howtogeek.com/203304/everything-you-need-to-know-about-using-icloud-drive-and-icloud-photo-library/
Try run this in Terminal:
chflags nohidden ~/Documents
Best Answer
Those files should be copied across to iCloud drive with one caveat, you will no longer be able to access them with any devices using the old iCloud system. It is a one way update.
Here is a FAQ from Apple with more info.
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104