The beginnings of iCloud they were somewhat convulsive because it was seen as a very ambitious project with little prospect for the future. However, over the years and given the importance of synchronization between devices it has become almost necessary if you want your devices to compare information in a transversal way. In fact, The advent of iCloud Drive made it possible to actually use the Apple cloud as a file storage space. Apple has announced, almost secretly, that it will unify 'Documents and data' iCloud, a service that is practically in disuse, with iCloud Drive in May 2022. A movement that increasingly promotes the triumph of iCloud Drive.
Apple will unify all cloud document storage in iCloud Drive
In May 2022, the iCloud data and document service, our old document syncing service, will be discontinued and completely replaced with iCloud Drive. If you are using iCloud Documents and Data, your account will migrate to Drive after this date.
The service 'ICloud Documents and Data' it was the previous form of Apple's file storage platform. It was aimed, above all, at the entire Apple iWork suite with which we could take a Pages document from Mac to iPad thanks to the service. However, with the arrival of iCloud Drive, this service stopped making a lot of sense. In fact, currently, although it is used, there are few apps that use it, especially those that have not been updated for many years.
That is why Apple has opted by unify all storage services in Drive that existed around iCloud until now. That happens by eliminating the 'Documents and data' that will become part of the storage cloud of the big apple. This will occur 2022 in May. As a curiosity, so that everything goes well, each app will have its own folder with the possibility of being hidden and the storage space used will hardly vary since the 'Documents and data' also use up iCloud space.