ICloud is primarily used by macOS and iOS devices& whereas services like Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive are used by iOS and macOS devices along with the rest of the operating systems in the world. In contrast& the other services& including Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive& they are designed to work very well within their own ecosystems as well as with other ecosystems their consumers might use those services with.

Furthermore& Apple’s iCloud storage is the most restrictive of all storage solutions& it is best used only if you have Apple hardware as it was designed to be tightly integrated with and work with Apple hardware and services. Google puts them all in their place by offering 15 GB free. For comparison& Dropbox gives 2 GB free and OneDrive gives 5 GB free as well. Those without any Apple hardware get 1 GB free& and those with Apple hardware get 5 GB free. ICloud is the name for cloud storage provided by Apple to its users. The Settings tab is also where you can upgrade your storage to another plan.Part 1 The Need for Transfer from iCloud to Google Drive Finally, you can configure Google Drive to automatically launch when you log in to your Mac, show file sync status, and display confirmation messages when removing shared items from Google Drive. Settings: Allows you to configure network settings if needed and control bandwidth, which is handy if you're using a slow connection or one that has data rate caps.

You can reconnect by signing back into your Google account.

Once disconnected, the files within your Mac's Google Drive folder remain on your Mac but are no longer synced with the online data in Google's cloud.

Google Drive: Lets you disconnect the Google Drive folder for your Google account.

The default is to have everything in the folder automatically synced, but if you prefer, you can specify only certain folders to be synced.

My Mac: Allows you to specify which folders within the Google Drive folder are automatically synced to the cloud.

The Google Drive Preferences window opens, displaying a three-tab interface.

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