so how do I get out of the cloud.......as they're asking me for more money to increase

[a kennedy]

my cloud capacity. I do have a pad and an iMac........so I'm sure both items are saving stuff to the cloud.

[True Dough]

1. The Rolling Stones foresaw this...

[hlthe2b]

2. Go old school and buy a large external hard drive (or two preferablly as they do sometimes go bad)

It is more hassle, but then you have control. You'd probably still be able to back up your iphone to the cloud (though I'd also do some on a physical drive) without being charged, if you primarily back up computers to the external drive.

[a kennedy]

3. Ah crap...... I don't get the inside outside stuff......

hard drive, soft drive, over drive. I DON’t get it. How do I unhitch my iPad with my iMac??? I don’t save photos to my iMac, but I do to my iPad......so how do I unsync them??

[hlthe2b]

4. You know, every time I've had a complex tech question or needed to accomplish a specific thing...

I've broken it down into as many steps as I can imagine and google each step. So, for instance, google how do I unsync my IPAD from my IMAC. OR, if you just want to sync to another cheaper cloud service, google that.

I have an ipad, but I don't have a MAC, but rather PC laptops, so I've had to occasionally search for those who can tell me how to work with both. And believe me, there is some excellent step by step info out there. And, undoubtedly plenty of people like yourself looking for alternatives to your cloud service.

Really, accomplish one part of the big picture and you'll less "afloat".

Sorry, but this doesn't sound like something I can answer simply, but I know the info is out there and can save you a lot of $$ from having to hire a Geek squad type service..

Good luck!

[steve2470]

5. come over to Computer Help and Support and ask this

I'm not a mac or ios guy, but there are some there who are, who can help you.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1095

[SonofDonald]

6. All I can say is download everything there and either find a new service or..

Divorce the cloud when you're done.

I have nothing in the cloud, nothing, if it had an issue and all was erased.......

I just didn't go full digital because of that.

Good luck, I do mean that.

[Fla Dem]

7. I save NOTHING on my PC or cloud. Have 2 external drives.

Save everything on them. 2nd one is for back-up in case one goes bad. I want nothing out there in a cloud. Unfortunately that's only for my laptop. But that's where I do a lot of stuff on excel, word and a couple of other softwares. Have nothing on my ipad or iphone except my contacts which I know are sent to the cloud. But if that's all, I can live with that.