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icloud/imac
Is it true that icloud only keeps my stuff for 30 days? My hard drive went kaflooie and I need some documents and files from a few years ago that I thought were backed up on the cloud. Is there any way I can get them back?
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Hello Carol Weser,
You should be able to check on your iCloud backups by visiting icloud.com and logging in with your iCloud account.
Alternatively, you could plug in an USB-C SSD drive big enough for re installing your MacOS, once installed you might be able to browse the primary disk that failed you. This is a longshot but it might work out in your case.
I hope this helps.
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thank you so much for responding. I found that on icloud drive and also on time machine, I could go no further back than 1 month.
what is the point of having 2TB of icloud when all that is accessible is recent.
I really do need to retrieve my file from 6 months ago.
I confess that I was an idiot and deleted “files” from my iphone not knowing that it would also delete much from my imac. But despite my stupidity, I do need to retrieve that older info. No hard drive from then, alas. HelpD!
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