iCloud
2 guides tagged “iCloud”.
Storage2026/07/065 min read
Photos eating your Mac's storage? iCloud “Optimize” explained
Photos taking up space on your Mac? Here's what the Photos library holds, what iCloud's Optimize Mac Storage really does, and how to free space safely.
Performance2026/07/066 min read
iCloud sync high CPU on Mac (bird, cloudd, nsurlsessiond)
bird, cloudd and nsurlsessiond using high CPU on your Mac? They're iCloud's sync daemons, not a virus. Why they spike, what's normal, and how to fix a stuck sync.