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The worst thing about iCloud Drive - if you keep files in it, your iPhone can remove the local copy any time. So if you want your files to be synced and to be

The worst thing about iCloud Drive - if you keep files in it, your iPhone can remove the local copy any time. So if you want your files to be synced and to be 100% sure you'll have a local copy - you should keep the same file in iCloud Drive and in the "On My iPhone" folder. This is the reason Apple Books, Numbers and all the apps that use iCloud Drive remove local copies all the time. I made a simple note-taking app using iCloud Drive - iCloud was greedily removing a 2 kb txt-file when the app was closed (sometimes it wasn't removing - it's quite random). It doesn't matter if you have a lot of storage space - iCloud still can remove the local version of a file you constantly use. The Apple developer support said nothing can be done. Even for a developer there is no way to mark a file as never to be removed P.S. In their official docs Apple actually recommends to keep all the user's files in iCloud Drive and _not_ to keep a copy "On My iPhone"

baz00 3y ago
This got me when I was in the middle of nowhere abroad airgapped. The file I wanted wasn't there. Switched to OneDrive and android now. Keep offline works.
- coldtea 3y ago
  Until they remove it too...
totetsu 3y ago
I was astounded by how bad the books app on iOS was. I just want to open a book to read that I have a local copy of, but I need an internet connection to redownload it. If I close the app for a moment it needs to be downloaded again. If your on a rate limited connection it means you might have yo wait more than ten minuets to acres a book that’s right there in your downloads folder already.
- coldtea 3y ago
  >I was astounded by how bad the books app on iOS was. I just want to open a book to read that I have a local copy of, but I need an internet connection to redownload it. If I close the app for a moment it needs to be downloaded again. Not to my experience. Books just need to be downloaded once, and they stick. Maybe it's based on some calculation like available device space?
  - markus92 3y ago
    I have the exact opposite experience, downloaded some books to read on a plane but they were gone when I boarded.
- j16sdiz 3y ago
  There is a setting for that... https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250003027 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250003027
  - ztrww 3y ago
    For photos?

baz00 3y ago

This got me when I was in the middle of nowhere abroad airgapped. The file I wanted wasn't there. Switched to OneDrive and android now. Keep offline works.

coldtea 3y ago
Until they remove it too...

totetsu 3y ago

I was astounded by how bad the books app on iOS was. I just want to open a book to read that I have a local copy of, but I need an internet connection to redownload it. If I close the app for a moment it needs to be downloaded again. If your on a rate limited connection it means you might have yo wait more than ten minuets to acres a book that’s right there in your downloads folder already.

coldtea 3y ago
>I was astounded by how bad the books app on iOS was. I just want to open a book to read that I have a local copy of, but I need an internet connection to redownload it. If I close the app for a moment it needs to be downloaded again. Not to my experience. Books just need to be downloaded once, and they stick. Maybe it's based on some calculation like available device space?
- markus92 3y ago
  I have the exact opposite experience, downloaded some books to read on a plane but they were gone when I boarded.
j16sdiz 3y ago
There is a setting for that... https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250003027 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250003027
- ztrww 3y ago
  For photos?