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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1948168" data-attributes="member: 204485">Okay, first let's seperate iCloud and iCloud Drive, a common cause of confusion.iCloud is a means of syncing Apple app data from one Apple device to another.It is comprised of all those Apple (and&nbsp; some other) apps that you want to update (sync) to all your devices so that when you edit one on one device, like adding a Contact or a Calendar event on your iPhone it updates your Mac/ iPad ect.Many of these apps are ON by default unless you choose to turn them off likePasswords, Mail, Messages, Reminders, Notes and iCloud Drive.So, iCloud Drive is a personal storage space for any files you choose to backup and/or sync across your devices which resides within iCloud.&nbsp; These files can be found on portable devices in the generically named &quot;Files&quot; app.Google has this feature too called Google Drive as does Microsoft called OneDrive.This is the confusing bit, iCloud as previously stated is a &quot;means of syncing Apple app data from one Apple device to another&quot; to do this it has to have a copy of that data but it is not actually remote &quot;backup storage&quot; while iCloud Drive is.&nbsp; That's because the data stored is primarily for syncing Apple apps while iCloud Drive can contain files from any source, eg MS Word docs, photos from the internet, games and so on.Having said that, to answer your question, &quot;if someone stole my Mac how could I recover my files if in iCloud they are not being stored there?&quot; All your synced data (Passwords, Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Messages, Reminders, Notes and iCloud Drive) in iCloud will be synced to your new replacement Mac the minute you sign in to your iCloud account.&nbsp; Just as it would on a new iPhone/iPad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1948168, member: 204485"] Okay, first let's seperate iCloud and iCloud Drive, a common cause of confusion. iCloud is a means of syncing Apple app data from one Apple device to another. It is comprised of all those Apple (and some other) apps that you want to update (sync) to all your devices so that when you edit one on one device, like adding a Contact or a Calendar event on your iPhone it updates your Mac/ iPad ect. Many of these apps are ON by default unless you choose to turn them off like Passwords, Mail, Messages, Reminders, Notes and [B]iCloud Drive.[/B] So, iCloud Drive is a personal storage space for [I]any[/I] files you choose to [U]backup[/U] and/or sync across your devices which resides within iCloud. These files can be found on portable devices in the generically named "Files" app. Google has this feature too called Google Drive as does Microsoft called OneDrive. This is the confusing bit, iCloud as previously stated is a "means of syncing Apple app data from one Apple device to another" to do this it has to have a copy of that data but it is not actually remote "backup storage" while iCloud Drive [B]is[/B]. That's because the data stored is primarily for syncing Apple apps while iCloud Drive can contain files from any source, eg MS Word docs, photos from the internet, games and so on. Having said that, to answer your question, "if someone stole my Mac how could I recover my files if in iCloud they are not being stored there?" All your synced data (Passwords, Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Messages, Reminders, Notes and iCloud Drive) in iCloud will be synced to your new replacement Mac the minute you sign in to your iCloud account. Just as it would on a new iPhone/iPad. [/QUOTE]

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