How do you manage files properly with iCloud? What is on the system. What isn’t. Stuff randomly not being on the system. Barely any if at all progress or status indicators.
I don't most of the time. The files in my iCloud files are small documents, and I always have a network connection near me (at least I have my hotspot with me). Hence, I had no problems reaching any file I need so far.
I can parse the state of the files inside a directory pretty quickly with the inline icons, too.
However, I understand your woes. iCloud doesn't work as straightforward as other cloud providers, and makes its own decisions. On the other hand, I agreed with its choices so far.
I don’t use a personal computer for anything outside of work. I’m only accessing my personal files either on my iPad or iPhone. I have a cellular iPad.
I'm in the same boat with you. However, while I'm keeping the subscriptions because they either came with something, or use them to some extent, I'm consolidating to Dropbox and Google drive. Why?
Because I want to use less clients, and don't want to keep track of my files and let them rot. All of the files in my cloud accounts are backed up to local storage, but Dropbox is used to store a lot of files which were on my personal workstation. The reason is, I'll have a life transition and won't have this desktop machine anymore. Hence I need these files anywhere and everywhere.
Having a lot of cloud storage is nice, but mentally keeping tack of files is not.
As a side effect, I can ruthlessly delete files and remove cruft.
