Apple announced some time ago that it will integrate the iCloud Documents and Data synchronization service into iCloud Drive. Now the iPhone maker has completed the transition by requiring users to go to iCloud Drive to see their files.
After Apple announced last year that it would no longer support Docs and Data in the future, the company is now introducing support (via Macrumors) that the cloud service no longer exists. The service is built into iCloud Drive. Apple users should now use iCloud Drive to access their documents and files. The change should not affect the amount of storage used and thus not affect the available cloud storage.
Drive without support for older systems
Most iCloud users already need to have Drive enabled, so no further steps are required. Only iCloud accounts created before 2014 need to manually activate Drive. The service may not be activated when using a device with operating systems older than macOS X Yosemite or iOS 8. The difference between Documents and Data and iCloud Drive is that the older service stores files in folders assigned to a specific application.
This means that only the application that created the data has access to the documents. iCloud Drive is a full sync service, so all content can also be accessed through the Files app for iOS and iPad OS and the Finder for macOS. Apart from the lack of compatibility with older Apple operating systems, iCloud Drive has no disadvantages, only advantages.
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