I was almost there last night when I was messing with it lol
Maybe I’m missing something, but aren’t apps saved in the cloud these days?
Supposedly.
Until the great phone failure of 2020 and I lost A LOT
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Yeah, I don’t even really understand what “the cloud” is. Every device I’ve ever had has used internal or external storage to save all my stuff. Other than Google Photos kept all my photos through the years.
The cloud is a galaxy of servers in huge warehouses all over the country. Information is stored there so if your phone kicks the bucket, your data (apps, pictures etc) is just downloaded onto the new one using your password and ID name.
Google Photos is an example of ‘the cloud’.
Interesting. I don’t recall setting anything like that up but couldn’t say definitively.
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Unless you’ve got a boatload of apps, you can use them and just save the files to the card.
See if you can download 'Dropbox" onto the tablet. Costs about $120/year for 2 terrabytes of storage. Can just download everything there and access from anything, phone, computer, tablet, etc. The actual apps will reside on your tablet, phone, etc but all the files will be stored on Dropbox that auto syncs all your devices.
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How many apps have you got? Why can’t you just download the apps you need onto your new device, most apps have user names and logins, once you log into that app your information is all there from that app on any device. Bit like logging into your Facebook on your buddies device. If your a true millennial you’d have no less than 40 apps 
If anyone has specific questions about apps or “the cloud” I may be able to answer them, or at least point you in the right direction - in short, it depends.
When in doubt, follow @Racer 's advice: pay for a storage provider and MAKE SURE to put the files you want saved to that “provider drive/app/location”.
@MuscleMyHustle comment has a good hint: if you log into a different device and you can still see your data(e.g. facebook) then your data is on the cloud, if you can’t see it (e.g. the pictures you took with your phone) then your data is not on the cloud.
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Well I’ll be dipped. I’ve had Dropbox for a while now and never used it. I’ll scrounge around and see if I can figure that out. Thanks, Rick!
I did the Smart Switch thing where it transfers over all of my apps and logins and whatnot so that’s already done. I just wanted to store the apps on the SD card so it would use less internal storage and hopefully keep the tablet running a bit faster.
Ah, I see! So, yes, I have a ton of info in “the cloud” then because all of my logins and passwords carried right over. Good to know.
That is not necessarily true, and most likely the opposite : the internal storage should be faster than external by a good margin ( even though with Samsung you never know where they would cheap out).
The forum that you linked earlier should be able to answer that.
One hint about your sd card performance: if you go on amazon, usually at least one review would include a screenshot of performance figures: the first is value is “sequential” read/write and it is easily 20/50/100 times higher than the rest (random or low load) - the rest is actually what more closely represents how your tablet is going to use it.
Good to know. I freed up a good bit of space by going through and uninstalling the preloaded apps that I’ll never use. There were a few that I couldn’t uninstall or disable so I guess I’m just stuck with those.
