Create unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal email account. Learn more about Hide My Email. Keep your mail, calendars, notes, contacts, reminders, messages, news, and stocks up to date, as well as your and HomeKit accessories settings, using the apps on your Mac, iOS and iPadOS devices, and iCloud. Learn more about the apps included on your Mac. Learn more about Safari. Keep your passwords, credit card information, and more up to date, and have it entered automatically on your Mac, iOS and iPadOS devices.
Learn more about iCloud Keychain. Learn more about iCloud storage. It lets you save photos, videos, documents, music, and app data to iCloud.
Not only does it let you store all your stuff in one place, but it lets you access all of your files and data from your iOS device, Mac, and Windows PC, and then keep those files and folders up to date across all your devices. It even allows you to create new files and folders from iCloud-enabled apps and work on the same file across multiple apps. You can use Apple's website for iCloud to create, save, and share documents in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, for instance.
This Apple support page has more about how to get started with iCloud. Apple constantly updates iCloud Drive with new features, like iCloud Drive folder sharing that launched in This feature is a Dropbox-like feature that allows you to share a folder once, and have everyone see the contents and changes in real time, but it's just one example of functions that get added to iCloud Drive with software updates. The backup part includes iOS devices, and it's often this that sees you reach your limit - especially if you have a lot of photos on, say, an iPhone.
You can even share the GB and 2TB plans with your family. After you upgrade, Apple will bill you monthly. Pricing is as follows:. Note: If you purchased a 1TB monthly plan before June 5, , your account was upgraded automatically to a 2TB monthly plan. As for iCloud. Learn more about system requirements from Apple here. After you set up iCloud Drive, any documents that you've already stored in iCloud will be automatically moved to iCloud Drive.
If you don't see your files for these apps, they might be on a device that doesn't have iCloud Drive turned on - so be sure to enable it across all your devices. You can also find iCloud Drive from the Go menu of any Finder window. But you can create any folder and keep it in iCloud Drive. You can also store whatever you want, so long as it isn't bigger than 50GB and doesn't exceed your iCloud storage allowance. Think of iCloud Drive like any other remote volume, external hard disk, network drive, or storage service.
You can create new folders, drag and drop stuff into your iCloud Drive from your Mac or elsewhere, and you have the option to save files and data from apps into your iCloud Drive. This isn't rocket science, folks. Daniel Nations has been a tech journalist since His work has appeared in Computer Currents, The Examiner, and other publications. He is a developer who has published apps in the Apple App Store, Google Play marketplace and Amazon Appstore; he also has worked as a data analyst and DB administrator.
Here are some of the features you get with iCloud, along with some tips on how to use them:. You can use this storage for many purposes, including storing photos, but it's perhaps best used for backing up your devices. If you ever forget your iCloud password, you can recover it.
By default, every time you plug your iPhone or iPad into a wall outlet or a computer, the iPad tries to back itself up to iCloud. You can restore from a backup by following the procedure to reset your iPad to factory default, then choosing to restore from the backup during the setup process of the iPad.
If you upgrade to a new iPad, you can also choose to restore from a backup , which makes the upgrade process seamless. Not only can you use this to track down the whereabouts of your device, you can also use it to lock down the iPad if it's lost or remotely reset it to factory default, which erases all data.
While tracking your iPad wherever it travels can seem creepy, it also combines with putting a passcode lock on your iPad to make it quite secure. Apple's cloud storage solution isn't quite as smooth as Dropbox, but it ties in well with the iPad, iPhone, and Macs.
You can also access iCloud Drive from Windows, so you aren't locked into Apple's ecosystem. ICloud Drive is a service that allows apps to store documents on the internet, so you can access those files from multiple devices. You can create a Numbers spreadsheet on your iPad, for example, and then access it from your iPhone, pull it up on your Mac to make edits, and even use your Windows-based PC to modify it by signing into iCloud.
My Photo Stream is a service that uploads every picture taken to the cloud and downloads it onto every other device signed up for My Photo Stream. You may not want every photo uploaded to the internet, however. If you take a picture of a product in a store so you can remember the brand name or model number, that picture will find its way onto every other device. Still, the feature can be a life-saver for those who want the photos taken on their iPhone to transfer to their iPad without doing any work.
Unfortunately, My Photo Stream photos disappear after 30 days, and it can hold a maximum of 1, photos at a time. The big difference is that it actually uploads the photos to iCloud permanently, so you don't have to worry about the maximum number of photos.
You can also upload the entire image or an optimized version that doesn't take up as much storage space. Apple decided to keep the photos separate and, while they advertise the photos are easily accessible on your Mac or Windows-based PC, the actual usability is poor.
But, as a service, iCloud Photo Library is still useful even if Apple hasn't quite nailed the idea of cloud-based photos. Many of the basic apps that come with the iPad can utilize iCloud to sync between devices.
So, if you want to access notes from your iPad and your iPhone, you can simply turn on Notes in the iCloud section of your iPad's settings.
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