Icloud deleted downloaded music files from my computer

This is because, in my experience, neither the files in my iCloud account nor in the Mac which I originated them from were deleted or missing, at all.

At this point, it is like the first time you enabled iCloed Drive on your iOS device, ie. You could disconnect your Mac from the internet and all of your files and folders will be locally available in it. They also will be present in the iCloud servers. So, yes, if you want a local copy of any of your files back again in your iOS device, you will need to download again, but at least you will have recovered a lot of the space in you iOS device that has been taken by files you do not need any longer as local copies on your iOS device.

As a side note, this procedure also removes the iOS devices' local copies of Keynote, Numbers and Pages files. I mention this because iOS seems to deal a little differently with those kinds of files than with the vidoes and pdfs which are access from inside the iCloud app. But again, no worries, those original Keynote, Numbers and Pages files will not be deleted from your originating Mac or from the iCloud servers.

Now in the case of Keynote, Numbers and Pages you can configure them on your iOS device so they download all the files in their corresponding iCloud folder automatically, as opposed to in a case by case fashion, which could be ir could not be of convinience to you, but I wanted to let you know in case you don't know about it and you find it usefull.

If you turn that off, all of your removed files will be downloaded automatically, but just for those three applications. Well, very long answer, sorry about that, I hope this helps you and other somehow, because honestly, Apple's documentation for this situation and others is almost nonexistent, at least in my experience.

Posted on Oct 8, AM. I could not find a way to do so after googling and looking all over the different option in my iPad. Hi, I do definitely believe that Apple should offer an option to delete the local copy of files downloaded from iCloud Drive to an iOS device like Dropbox does. Nonetheless I found a workaround to recover the space used by videos and pdf files, etc downloaded from iClould drive to my iPad.

Unfortunately this workaround removes everything that has been downloaded altogether, but at least I was able to recover the space. If in the future if for some reason I need a local copy of a file I had previously downloaded , I will have to download it again, which in my case does not seem to be a great deal. So, in the iCloud Drive app, look for a video or pdf file that when opening it does not ask you to download it. That is a file that has already been downloaded and resides as a local copy on your iOS devices.

Take note of the location and name of that file. I hope this helps, although again, this is by no means the way things should work in the first place, but for me it was better that being stuck with a bunch of files I did not need on my iPad anymore. Oct 8, AM. Page content loaded. If we accidentally deleted the files from the iCloud hard drive, is it possible to retrieve them? We are here to discuss how to retrieve and recover deleted files from the iCloud drive. You may know that iCloud drive has a mechanism like a Trash, named Recently Deleted folder.

It will keep the deleted items within 30 days, and these items will be deleted more than 30 days. Here we will introduce how to retrieve and recover those item within 30 days or expiration. Open Files app on your iPhone, tap the Browse tab on the bottom. Access the Recently Deleted under Locations tab. All deleted items will be listed in view. Open the Music app or iTunes for Windows. Keep the Music app or iTunes for Windows open so your library can finish uploading.

If a song is missing Make sure that all of your devices have Sync Library turned on, and signed in with the same Apple ID. Turn Sync Library off, then turn it back on You might be able to fix your issue by turning Sync Library off for all of your devices, then turning it back on again. Still need help? Learn more To sync your music library across all of your devices, subscribe to Apple Music. See if Apple Music is available in your country or region.

Learn how to delete songs and music videos from your library. Published Date: June 10, This article is for you! Please continue to read the following part to get the reason and restore the collected songs in your Apple Music library.

In addition, you have a chance to keep Apple Music songs forever. Part 1. Why is Your Apple Music Library missing? Part 2. Part 3.

Apple Music allows users to save and download music and videos to their personal databases. At this time, Apple Music Library will be lost. Another situation is that your three-month trial period for Apple Music has expired, or you canceled your Apple Music subscription, but you did not renew within 30 days, then the songs you downloaded in Apple Music Library will disappear.

Open your iPhone or iPad. Step 2. Go to "Settings" and swipe down to "Music". Step 3.