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Rob72
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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.iCloud files, how can we open them and how do we stop it from changing?

Hi Guys, we have a business DB account, and more frequently we are finding files are turning into .iCloud files, is there a way we can stop this happening and also the files that are showing as iClou...
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    Jane
    7 years ago
    Thanks for getting back in touch with me here Rob (Rob72)! To re-iterate my previous message, kindly bear in mind that these files are mere placeholders that have been synced instead of the original file. In order to gain some insight, I’d suggest checking back at the Version History of the file in question on your account online (tip: it’s on the on the 💬 ). 
     
    I hope that this helps you determine the most appropriate next steps & please do let me know here if you have more questions about any of the above & I’ll check back with you asap!
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Rich
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7 years ago
andyve wrote:

IF THESE .ICLOU FILES ARE PLACEHOLDERS, WHY ARE THEY THE SAME SIZE AS THE ORIGINAL FILES?

They likely aren't the same size. The operating system is probably reporting the true size of the original files, rather than the actual size of the placeholder.

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andyve
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Thanks for the quick response.

  I always practiced tertiary backups in my medical practice on hard drives. So, when iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc all offered 1-2 tb of cloud storage I figured why not have tertiary backup in the cloud. So, now that I have over 1800 .icloud files I feel I mad a mistake. At this point I located all these files and put them on an external SSD. Now I am going to validate that the real files exist as it's decades of music lessons on video, audio, and PDF. In my case the file size seems to be significant as it filled a 2TB SSD

 

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