Note that devices don’t have to be on the same network. This can either be WiFi or mobile data (enabled in the main Settings app). This is done in the main Settings app, under iCloud.Īnd for iCloud to work, you clearly need network access, otherwise files can’t be copied between devices.

To use iCloud, each device needs to be signed in and using the same iTunes account. You should check that you are running the latest versions of my app and of iOS itself. Apps have no control over how long this takes but it is usually a few seconds to a minute or so. When an app writes a file to iCloud, the operating system (iOS) takes care of copying this to “the cloud” and from there to other devices. It cannot be used to share data between different users and that is why I introduced Dropbox support – see the Alternatives to iCloud section below. Apps can use it to share data between all devices belonging to that user. ICloud is basically “cloud” based storage tied to a single iTunes account. In the rest of this post, references to iCloud also refer to iCloud Drive. To do so, disable syncing (if enabled), disable iCloud (in my app), then enable it again, choosing iCloud Drive. If you are starting from scratch, please use iCloud Drive instead. Note that as of v6.4 (December 2020), the old (legacy) iCloud is provided for backwards compatibility only. This post tries to explain some of the more common issues related to iCloud syncing in Account Tracker (Pro), together with workarounds where known.

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