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From: dgb (David) <david@nomail.afraid.org>
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On 7 Mar 2024 at 23:04:03 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2024-03-07, dgb <david@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> On 7 Mar 2024 at 21:32:54 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-07, dgb <david@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>> On 7 Mar 2024 at 16:42:05 GMT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-07, dgb <david@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I believe iCloud can and does store material without necessarily
>>>>>> sending it to other Apple devices.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's not its primary purpose though. As exampled, photos,
>>>>> contacts, reminders, calendars, iCloud Drive documents, app
>>>>> settings, and so on are all synchronized between all of your
>>>>> devices. Add one and it appears on all of your devices. Remove one
>>>>> from one device, and it gets removed from iCloud and your other
>>>>> devices.
>>>> 
>>>> I totally accept that!
>>>> 
>>>> However, I can store any other item I wish.
>>> 
>>> Yes, but the default behavior is if you delete it, it gets deleted
>>> from your other devices.
>> 
>> Perhaps you are not aware of changes made to iCloud.
>> 
>> If you put Documents into iCloud, they are not added to iPhone and/or
>> iPad.
>> 
>> See:-  https://i.ibb.co/ZfPsSjg/Screenshot-2024-03-07-at-22-19-10.png
> 
> No, that's incorrect. iCloud Drive is not a generic cloud file storage
> service. Things you add to iCloud Drive are made available to all of the
> Apple devices that are logged in with the same Apple ID.

"Made available to" ......... I accept that. But not installed upon.

> Apple's webpage about it:
> 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/109344>
> 
> Go ahead and try it for yourself. 😉

I have! :-)

I can ALSO access my Apple iCloud from my Windows laptop!