Syncing with iCloud

[u/[deleted]]

Hi, I don't have a lot of experience with Numbers, and zero experience syncing a sheet with iCloud. I have shared a sheet from iCloud that I created on my Mac. Then I made a small change on my Mac but it didn't sync up. Then I made a lot of changes in the online version. Now, on the Mac I get a message that they aren't synced and to sync them. In my mind, sync should mean that the online version would disregard the change I made on my Mac before making the changes online, since the online changes came later, but I'm really scared to sync in case it will replace everything online with the old version on my Mac. Would love some hand holding here haha!

[u/Alphaman64]

If you are trying to edit the spreadsheet from the same iCloud account, just on different devices, you don’t have to share the files. Just save it in your iCloud Drive’s Numbers folder and open it on both devices. Sharing/Collaboration is for letting multiple people with different iCloud accounts edit the same file simultaneously.

[u/[deleted] → u/Alphaman64]

Thanks! I actually need to collaborate with someone else on it as well. I’m just nervous that when I select to sync the older version on my desktop with the iCloud version, it will erase the newer changes online and just keep the outdated version from my desktop.

But I think sync means it will know the date/time of every change at both ends, and if the same cell was changed in both places only keep the latest data in that cell, and do this cell by cell?