iCloud, synchronization issue?

Hello

I'm trying to learn more about iCloud. One of the things I read here in the community of iCloud is that iCloud is for synchronization, no storage. But it seems to me that it is also for storage.

Take the Pages, for example. I started a journal in the Pages on my iPad, I would be off iCloud for Pages on my iPad. I have kept it that way for a few years until I decided I was really limiting myself, especially when it is easier for me to work on my laptop. I would have the sync to iCloud resource available and I could work with both devices.

I'm Tournai on iCloud for Pages on my iPad and now works with happiness between the two devices.

Now, with that, I'm doing what I understand iCloud was designed for. However, I was also sync/storage MSWord files in iCloud. I'm not using it as a backup device, only somewhere I can put things that is more convenient than an external hard drive. In addition, external hard drives have a villain from falling on the ground. I do the back up files on a hard drive from time to time anyway.

I've had computers and external hard drives fail, I'm sure that most people have. When this happens again, and I'm sure it will, I want to be assured that at least the most important documents that I have worked on are always safe.

It all gets fuzzy for me. Sync-Store-Fail-Sync-Store-Fail...

In my mind, I can't distinguish between the synchronization and storage in iCloud. Is there something I'm missing or do not understand about that? Can someone help me to clarify all this.

Right now I use a MacBook Pro-retine mid 2012, 10.11.5 OS and iPad iOS 9.3.2 mini2

Thank you

It's semantics. iCloud is all these things, if you choose to describe it like that.

The key, IMO, that most people miss, is that it is NOT a place to MOVE your content. If you enter, you're golden.

Where it is essential to see iCloud as synchronization, than he does. It synchronizes your content between several places of storage.

So, for you, using iCloud photo library will create the same selection of photos on your Macbook, iPad and the cloud itself. When you delete a photo from any of these 3 places of storage, synchronization will delete them from others. IMO, a simple concept that is misunderstood by many users who are not much on the details and reading and such.

According to some "definitions", it clearly isn't backup. One could argue successfully that it is. It calls for what you want. Generally not removed 'things' individuals from a backup.

The weak link in the design of synchronization is the iPad because it has the least amount of 'space' devices 3. Your Macbook will have more disk space that the iPad has storage space, and the cloud is virtually unlimited. There is another concept that fires users upwards. When their iPad (or more commonly the iPhone) is full, they hack away at their device to remove photos, not realizing the synchronization that occurs. Then they write here ask where are their photos. The option to OPTIMIZE your photos on the iPad is a way to deal with this, because your iPad store only a small version of your photos instead of complete files. This can save 80-90% of the space required for the photos. the cloud has files if you ever need/want them. Your Mac has the same option for smaller local files.

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