That should reassure even strict privacy proponents who want to protect sensitive data. Apple's straightforward privacy policy is available online here. For instance, you can start an email on the iPhone and, if you want, then complete it on an iMac, mid-creation.
It's a useful service if you move from device to device, and is supported in a variety of built-in apps, including Mail, Safari and Apple's version of the Microsoft Office suite Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Since iCloud is nearly invisible once it's set up and running, most users won't even think about it — unless an error occurs.
Thankfully, there are simple fixes to many common issues. Here, you'll find a list of apps that are using iCloud services. Next to the list of apps, you'll see toggle switches to enable or disable data syncing between your Apple devices for that app. If you prefer that data from a particular app stay local on your device meaning it won't be shared across devices , here is where you would disable the option.
My advice: For every app that supports iCloud, I have syncing enabled. When I feel the urge to reach for any my Apple devices, I like that the app data will be the same on all of them. I don't have to wonder which device has the most current data.
But even if you decide to disable some features, there is one that I recommend you keep on no matter what: Find My iPhone. This vital service lets you track where your iPhone is at all times, even if it's hidden in a couch cushion. You can enable an audible alert — to find it under said couch cushion — but, if the phone is really lost, you can lock it and send a message to display on the Lock screen. Access to these options is available through any web browser pointed to iCloud.
Besides using the site to track your phone on a map or send a message or audio alert, you can also put the phone into Lost mode.
If needed, you can even send a command to erase the phone remotely. Your phone will be, effectively, bricked. The next time it is rebooted — even if it has been erased — the iPhone will state that it is locked and will prompt for an iCloud username and password.
Without that information, the phone is useless; there's no way to access the encrypted data on it, and no way to boot the phone into a working mode.
The other service I recommend enabling — and checking routinely to make sure things are working properly — is the iCloud backup service. We love both for their simplicity, ease of use, and cross-platform compatibility. But Dropbox and Google Drive are not replacements for most of the things iCloud can do for you. It's the simplest and most automatic way to set up a new iPhone or another Apple device with all your old data.
It also offers a host of other benefits not present with Google Drive and Dropbox, such as automatic device syncing. For Mac owners, it's easy to use iCloud Drive to back up your Mac. Using iCloud means all of your documents are updated automatically through iCloud.
Believe it or not, many users come to rely only on iCloud once they've discovered it, instead of also using Dropbox or Google Drive. But for your iPhone and other Apple devices, it's likely best to stick with iCloud for all of your regular backups and for storing your photos, notes, reminders, and more.
Check out these tips on how to best send large files using all three cloud solutions. If you only have time to master one iCloud skill, this is it! At a bare minimum, we all should know how to back up and restore our devices using iCloud. For those needing a walkthrough, we have put together a step-by-step guide on how to set up an iCloud backup for your iPhone and other Apple devices. Photos are probably the most-synced items in iCloud, but iCloud settings for photos can be a little confusing.
To clear things up, we've put together a guide on the subject, which can help users understand the ins and outs of iCloud Photos and how to configure their settings to optimize storage space.
For iCloud Photos to work, it's important that you set up the same settings for Photos on all your Apple devices so that photos are synced properly and accessible on each device as well. If you have iCloud Photos enabled on your iPhone, make sure that your iPad and your Mac also have it enabled. Irrespective of whether you have iCloud Photo Sharing enabled on your iPhone, Apple provides you an option to recover your recently deleted photos quickly. Using the Recently Deleted photos album , you can select one or multiple photos to be recovered and added back to your Photos library!
You can even set up a family calendar on iCloud that keeps tabs of everyone and syncs across all the Apple devices in your household. You can keep track of soccer practice, swimming and dance lessons, even family vacations and days off of school or work for the entire family! If you have younger kids under 18 , the family organizer can set up the Ask to Buy option when you add their account into family sharing. This option ensures that every time your child tries to buy something including in-app purchases , the family organizer gets a notification and can decide to approve or decline.
One fabulous benefit of Family Sharing is the ability to securely share family members' locations. For families with children or aging parents, this feature is a great resource and potential worry-saver. When someone joins a family, they're asked to agree or disagree to share their location with the shared family members. If agreed, locations are displayed on family members' devices in the Find My and Messages apps. This makes it easy to locate any child or adult who doesn't check in! 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. It's a hard drive in the sky that you can access from all your devices. Learn more about iCloud Drive on Mac and how it works from Apple here. Apple's Files app for iOS stores all the files on the device you're using, as well as those in other cloud services and apps, including iCloud Drive.
To access your files, just open the Files app and choose the location of the file you're looking for. It's easy to organise the File app, and when you make changes on one device, your edits are automatically updated on every device using iCloud Drive. You can make your own folders.
Or rename folders you already have, and you can save and move iCloud Drive files in between folders. Want to share with a friend or colleague? You can share any folder or file stored in iCloud Drive directly from the Files app, too. For more info on how to use the File app, whether it's to find, organise, and share files, check out Apple's support hub here. It creates an iCloud Drive folder in File Explorer.
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