Local storage, simply put, stores everything right on your computer. Whether that's a traditional hard drive or a speedy SSD, you won’t need an internet connection to access those files.

When you set up iCloud, you’ll get 5GB of space for free. If you prefer to protect all your memories, you can pay up to $10 per month for a maximum of 2TB of storage. That should be enough to ...

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The free 5GB of storage is quickly taken up by photos, device backups, iCloud mail, iCloud Drive, and all of the above from your iPad and Mac (except device backup).

Apple's iCloud is handy in that it lets you have access to your files on multiple devices that have internet access. But what's actually stored in iCloud isn't that obvious to the user.

You can buy more iCloud storage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch from the Settings app. Your iPhone comes with 5GB of iCloud storage for free, but you can buy up to 2TB.

Tap on Storage & Backup. On this screen, you will see your Total Storage and how much storage is available. I have used 3.7 GB. Down at the bottom it will ask you if you want to back up to iCloud.

This means that you used up all your iCloud free storage, which is pretty easy to do given that you only get 5GB of free iCloud storage. If you have multiple Apple devices tied to the same iCloud ...