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Managing your iCloud account from Apple mobile devices (iPhone and iPad) is super convenient. But what happens if you lose your iPhone or switch to a non-Apple smartphone? How then do you cancel your iC

You must take the time to manage your iCloud storage quota. Everything from backups, photos, and documents, to apps syncing data across the iPhone and the Mac, uses iCloud. Unless you go on regular cleaning sprees, you are bound to burn through a sto

Every Windows 10 computer owner crosses paths with the OneDrive folder or icon on their PC, even if they don’t use it. If not that, a pop-up must have greeted you asking you to set up OneDrive. You must be wondering what on earth is this Microsoft

Whether you take advantage of Apple’s 5GB of free iCloud storage or subscribe to any of the paid plans, it’s essential to know more about your iCloud quota on the iPhone and Mac. That knowledge helps you effectively manage the data stored

Microsoft OneDrive, previously known as SkyDrive, is a complete cloud storage solution for Windows users. Back in time, Microsoft used to offer 15GB of free storage for all the new users. The company also ran a campaign to reward another 15GB OneDri

Typically, if you face any issue with an Android app on your phone or tablet, you must have been told to clear its cache or data. When you press the Clear data button, you will be greeted by the message that it will delete your account and files. Now

Google Drive’s web app doesn’t let you check folder sizes. Don’t believe it? Check it yourself. Of course, you can either download or sync a folder to your PC or Mac and then check its size. But that’s quite a data-intensive

By default, the new Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Stick 4K comes with 8GB of internal storage. Out of that 8GB built-in storage, only about 5-6GB is available to the users for app installations, file downloads, and other activities.

The tech world births several innovations, especially when it comes to phones. The eMMC or embedded MultiMediaCard continues to be the flash memory standard. Meanwhile, the UFS or Universal Flash Storage is quietly taking over its pie at a gradual pa

I can imagine your astonishment when you click on a folder or a file and it doesn’t open on your Windows 10 PC. Instead, you view a pop-up telling you that the file or folder is corrupt. Most users get some version of ‘The file or directo

Why the Mac offers no built-in means to change the default iPhone backup location is anyone’s guess. Even after ditching iTunes completely in

Most people install Windows 10 OS in the default drive, which is usually the C drive. The trouble begins when the C drive turns red and shows as full or near full. That can lead to a variety of problems like the computer getting slow. The essential p

Every online storage service, including OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc., offers a seamless sharing capabilities of files and media. Also, there are dedicated software and add-ons to transfer the files among the team members quickly. Dropbox pr

External hard-drives crash eventually, and that’s the reality. Hence, moving to cloud-based backup such as Dropbox is more vital than ever. All you need to do is sign up for the service and then move the backup files to a specific folder on you

Dropbox is one of the popular cloud storage platforms with a loyal fan following and competes with industry heavyweights like Google and Microsoft. It is lauded for offering a stellar file and folder management capabilities. In this post, I will shar

The new Microsoft Edge Chromium is a drastic improvement over the Edge browser of old. It syncs your data between devices seamlessly, sports the ability to install sites as PWAs, supports a vast library of extensions, and more. But you still need to

We are always worried about filling up the available space in cloud storage services as they usually offer limited storage. We try to manage the space as much as we can. But what if you get a random notification saying that your Google Drive is full?

If you are a tech enthusiast, you must already know that smartwatches these days are capable of so much. From relaying emails to your wrist to detecting exercises and controlling the music on your phone, you can do a lot. But that’s not all. On

The non-expandable storage on your iPhone is a valuable commodity. That’s why iOS is built to offload apps whenever free space gets too low by design. So it’s surprising when the opposite happens — apps downloading by themselves automat

iCloud for Windows leaves a lot to be desired. Be it error messages during installation or your photos failing to download locally — you will run into a fair share of headaches at one point or another. And the same goes for its integrated file syn