Apple iCloud- This is free storage for everyone who has an iPad or iPhone. iCloud's main goal is to provide users with Apple products single storage for all data - applications, photos, books, documents, bookmarks in Safari program etc.
How it works? Suppose you took a photo on your iPad, it will immediately appear in the storage, and through it on your iPhone or laptop (Apple company). This happens without your participation; other devices themselves “take” it for themselves. All you need is to be connected to the Internet.
Basic questions about iCloud
- Where and how to download and install iCloud? There is no need to download iCloud, the service is already built into your system.
- Registration in iCloud. There is no need to register separately for iCloud. To log in you need to use your Apple ID - login and password.
- How much space is available in iCloud? Each user receives 5 GB for free. This size is reserved for storing mail, application data, settings, etc. Please note: iCloud will store a maximum of 1000 photos from the last 30 days.
If 5 GB is not enough for you, then for an additional fee you can purchase more memory. The money will be debited from your Apple account.
How to set up iCloud on iPad
- You need to go to the Settings application.
- Find iCloud in the list on the left.
- Mark the main applications that will synchronize their data.
- If you go to the Storage and copies section, you will see how much of the 5 GB available to you you have already used.
- Click on Storage and then on your device. You will see all the programs you have installed that send their data to iCloud. By default this is all programs. You can disable sending data for not particularly necessary programs so that they do not take up valuable storage space.
How does automatic copying work?
Automatically. Without your participation. You don't need to do anything. It is only important to meet a few conditions:
- The iPad is connected to power (charging).
- Locked (that is, you are not working on it, it is in sleep mode).
- Connected to Wi-Fi networks.
Typically, this happens when you leave your iPad charging at home (where there is a Wi-Fi network familiar to it). Moreover, if all three conditions have not coincided for a long time, your iPad will remind you that a backup copy has not been created for a long time.
Useful iCloud features or restoring from a backup
You may need recovery if:
- You accidentally deleted some very valuable data - for example, a photo.
- Set a password for your iPad or password parental controls and forgot it (you can restore the copy made before entering the password).
What data will be recovered
The following materials are saved in iCloud backup:
- iTunes purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books (with restrictions).
- photos, videos from the album Camera Roll.
- settings.
- Application data (such as games, notes, etc.).
- view of the main screen and the order of applications.
- iMessage, text messages(SMS messages) and MMS messages.
Not saved:
- Music, movies, and TV shows not purchased from the iTunes Store.
- audiobooks.
- photos that were downloaded from your computer.
Changes you made after creating a backup will disappear during recovery. Therefore, before restoring a backup, save everything you need on your computer.
How to restore data from a backup
- Connect the iPad using a cable to the computer.
- Open iTunes.
- Open the page of your iPad (you need to click the iPad icon in the upper right corner).
- Click on the Restore button.
- Confirm the action by clicking Restore again.
- Once the recovery is complete, a reboot will occur. Then the screen will ask you whether to set up your device as new or restore from a backup, select Recover from iCloud backup.
- Enter your Apple ID and password.
- A list of the last three will appear backup copies. Select the one you need and click Restore from backup.
- After restarting the device, the data on it will be restored.
iCloud storage is a very reliable way to store your content in a safe place. Responsible for storing all this user data Apple company. But without monitoring the fullness of your iCloud storage, you may encounter a lack of free space in iCloud.
About iCloud storage capacity
Judge for yourself: you, say, bought an iPhone 6s, created an iCloud account with iPhone activation- the company gives you 5 GB of free space on one of the iCloud servers.
By default, the gadget is configured to automatically synchronize with the icloud.com server - when iPhone screen or the iPad is locked and the device itself is connected to any famous network Wi-Fi, in which there is Internet access, and the device is recharging, it, using idle throughput of this Internet channel, if differences are detected, it copies files back and forth until these differences are eliminated. The result is a fresh, updated copy of all iPhone owner data. In case of loss or “moving” of the owner to another iPhone or iPad while maintaining the current one iCloud account all data can be restored from this cloud copy. Agree, the thing is very convenient!
What to do and how to clear space from any Apple device
Various backups can be managed from any gadget. All of them taken together take up 5 GB. Often, iCloud space fills up quickly. Anything over 5 GB can be purchased additionally. And if the owner is insolvent, Apple “freezes” the remaining files that do not fit into these 5 GB, and access to them is impossible until the paid space on iCloud is paid for. To do this, you need to optimize your backup without uploading unnecessary things to iCloud. Also store your files and settings on your PC, while external media or on other “clouds”, where there will be more free gigabytes.
Modern iPhone gadgets and iPad have built-in memory from 64 GB - on iCloud, the user is invariably allocated 5 GB. It will not be possible to create a second account from one iPhone or iPad - Apple has protected iCloud service from fraudulent schemes on the part of users. If you want more, pay!
How to manage storage
It can be “cleaned up” online, freeing up space in iCloud that is “filthy” with no longer needed content. Follow these steps.
Manage iCloud from iPhone
- Open your iPhone's Settings menu.
- Enter iCloud storage settings.
- Information about the total capacity of iCloud storage will be shown.
- Go to view detailed information and iCloud management.
- On whichever previously used device the backups were created, select the one you need and open its contents. In any of them, everything is divided into categories - saved pages, encrypted files, etc.
- You will see a list of files saved during backup. To manage them, press the "Edit" button.
- A minus button (“Delete” command) will appear next to each file name from the backup copy.
- Deletion requires confirmation - this is a line of protection against accidental erasure of saved files.
During the entire cleaning process, you are accompanied by a scale of iCloud storage usage.
Timely revision of content in iCloud will help you in case of lack of free space.
Auditing iCloud backups from iPad and iPod
The methods for navigating iCloud on the iPad and iPod are no fundamentally different: they use the same methods as on the iPhone. shell- iOS. Due to this, the functionality is the same on all these devices (and even the menus are almost the same), including when managing iCloud storage - it all depends only on the size internal memory and device screen resolution.
But it’s worth talking about managing iCloud storage on MacBook computers and regular Windows-based PCs.
How to free up space on a full iCloud using a Windows PC
On the icloud.com website, when you exit directly from your PC browser, the desktop of your devices is displayed in the style of Apple iDevices (like on a real iPhone or iPad).
Your actions with Windows are as follows.
- Download, install and launch the iCloud app for Windows.
- Sign in to iCloud.
- Information about how full your iCloud storage is is displayed.
- In this window, you can set up an iCloud storage account, change settings for saving photos on the iCloud cloud, etc. iCloud Drive stores all your information about backups made from iPhone and iPad. Advanced backup settings for iCloud are available in iTunes. To display more detailed information, press the Storage key.
- Proceed to transfer your files from your PC to the corresponding folders stored in the software system folder iCloud located in user folder Windows.
- Transfer necessary files from other folders on your computer allows you to upload them to the iCloud storage on the server the next time you connect to the Network and log into iCloud, after which they will be available from your iPhone or iPad. You can also delete them from any device if you no longer need them.
Two-way synchronization - if a difference is detected in the file structure, all your records are copied back and forth on all devices, including PCs. Thus, your collection will be available anytime, anywhere with an unlimited Internet connection.
Setting up iCloud for Windows XP
Although Apple recommends using Windows version not lower than Vista, you can run the iCloud installation in Windows XP. To do this, use the WinRAR and Orca MSI Editor programs, with the help of which the iCloud “source” is configured - the blocking of the iCloud installation for Windows XP is removed. There is also a ready-made, “repackaged” one configured for the XP version on the Internet. installation file iCloudSetup.exe.
Setting up iCloud on MacOS
Both on Apple PCs with MacOS pre-installed - and on regular computers based on the x86/x64 platform, where you can also install MAC version(especially for such PCs) - the operation of the iCloud application is similar, since the MacOS graphical shell is almost the same everywhere. The operation of the iCloud application differs little from the Windows version: the same functions. As an example, a person who installed the French version of iCloud on a PC with operating system MacOS and purchased 55 GB of iCloud storage space.
As you can see, it’s not difficult to navigate even in versions of iCloud translated into Chinese or Arabic - each menu item is accompanied by an icon, which makes it immediately clear what we’re working with. Apple is also excellent at this.
So, let's get down to business.
- To get started, log in.
- Check if you want to sync data standard applications your MacBook with iCloud.
- The “Find device” function is important in case of loss. Especially if you keep your money details on your PC - clients payment systems and banks, exchange instruments, personal data, etc. (for example, WebMoney applications, Sberbank Online, Forex4you, Alpari Invest, “scans” of documents).
- As you can see, you can enable synchronization of Safari browser bookmarks, your “money” passwords (virtual keychain), telephone directory, etc. - all this is included in the backup copy, which will be created on the iCloud server as soon as possible. If you don't turn on what you don't use in advance, you'll have more free space in your iCloud storage.
- To delete unnecessary “backups” from iCloud, go to manage iCloud backups.
- The same applies to any applications running on your Apple computer. Each of them creates its own data - they can also be deleted.
What can you clean up on iCloud?
You can delete outdated data from the following categories from iCloud:
- notes;
- calendar reminders;
- letters sent by e-mail;
- data installed applications downloaded from the AppStore (for example, history of calls and messages in Skype, Zello, WhatsApp);
- bookmarks and surfing history in Safari;
- voice recordings;
- Health application data (virtual medical record on the device);
- music downloaded to iTunes (soundtracks, podcasts);
- SMS/MMS messages;
- drawings, photographs and videos (clips).
An example is an iPhone that is given instructions on what to save to iCloud. There can be at least a hundred applications - each of them can be managed.
Copying to iCloud can be controlled either completely or partially. It's accessible, easy and simple.
Both iPad and MacBook are configured in the same way.
How to expand iCloud space via PC, iPhone, etc.
If you do not intend to create separate accounts for each of your Apple devices, you can purchase additional gigabytes in iCloud.
Buying gigabytes from iPhone or iPad
All steps are the same for iPhone and iPad. Follow these steps.
How to buy additional storage on iCloud with a MacBook
The action plan is as follows. Similar.
- Give the command: Apple - System Settings- iCloud - Manage
- Select a tariff and go to the icloud.com service to make a payment from your account.
Buy iCloud gigabytes on a Windows computer
Do the following.
- Launch the iCloud for Windows application, select "Storage".
- Select “Buy more space” (“Change storage plan”).
- Select a storage plan and go to iCloud to pay for it.
As you can see, the functionality is extremely simple. The consumer should not have any difficulties paying for iCloud.
Other methods beyond the scope of the iCloud service
It happens that there is not enough space on iCloud - but you don’t want to buy more. Alternative methods will help here:
- backup to PC from using iTunes(locally);
- third-party services: Cloud Mail.ru, GoogleDrive, Yandex Disk, Dropbox, etc.
- hard drives or CardReader devices with Wi-Fi (iPhone or iPad requires a special application, you also need a working Wi-Fi router);
- family access - combining the Apple iDevices of all family members (each user of such a group stores something specific in order to avoid duplicating exactly the same content on other gadgets in the family).
About “clearing” free space on iCloud. What to do if your iCloud drive is full?
The above measures will help you optimize your iCloud experience. By following these instructions, you can be sure that you will always have enough free space. We wish you never to lose information that is important to you - even if you change a dozen gadgets and computers!
Owners of several Apple devices must know how to log into iCloud from an iPhone or iPad if necessary, because sometimes you need to get data from another device right now.
For those who have never used iCloud: this is a cloud storage that not only makes it possible to store and synchronize your media files, contacts and other data. But it also backs up all devices, which makes it easy to transfer everything you need to a new model.
iCloud features
Let's figure out what iCloud can synchronize? Standard transfer objects include:
- Multimedia content (books, films, etc.). Your entire library will not be lost when moving to new version iPhone, or if it breaks.
- Photo and video. Not a single frame you take will be lost, which means that valuable memories will remain in your memory and phone account forever.
- Settings. You won’t have to find the desired sound level or design again - ICloud will handle everything itself.
- Messages and ringtones.
- Application data (game progress, accounts, etc.)
I would especially like to dwell on the synchronization of application data: some games allow you to use synchronization to pause a level on the iPad and continue from the same place on the iPhone (and vice versa), which is very convenient, for example, in the event of a low battery.
Where to download iCloud?
No need to download anything, cloud service built into iOS starting from version 5. All functions become fully available after free update up to iOS 8 and higher. It is also worth noting that registration is unnecessary: you use your Apple ID login and password to log in.
Do not under any circumstances share your iCloud data with third parties! They will be able to study all your photos, correspondence and other materials.
How to Login to the iPhone Cloud
Through standard browser Safari will not be able to get into the storage: you will be asked to log in to your iPhone and log into it, but in the meantime you may need to visit full version, not mobile.
When might you need to log into the iPhone cloud?
Photos and videos taken on iPhone and iPad take up a huge amount of free space on the devices. If you need more memory, you don't necessarily have to resort to deleting content or moving it to other media. Using the iCloud Photo Library service, you can store photos and videos in the cloud by configuring automatic optimization data on the iOS device itself.
How to enable Content Storage Optimization for iCloud Photo Library
iCloud Photo Library automatically uploads your photos to cloud storage, allowing you to access it anytime, from any device. Storage optimization is a useful option that replaces photos and videos in the original resolution with optimized versions if the memory on the device runs out. The full resolution file is quickly loaded if you need to view it, edit it, or send it to social networks. To enable this option follow these steps:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Select the Photo and Camera section.
3. Check the “Optimize device storage” option.
After activating this option, the system will automatically move the original versions of the files to iCloud, leaving only recently captured photos and videos full-size. The process may take a long time, depending on the number of files and connection speed.
How to free up space on iCloud
The total size of files you can store in iCloud is not unlimited, and you have several options to free up space.
Option A: Clear Photo Library
Browse through albums that might contain selfies, panoramas, screenshots, or time-lapse videos. Perhaps among them there are those that can be deleted. Important note: You can't delete files from just iCloud or just from your device; if you delete them on your iPhone, they'll disappear from everywhere.
After deleting unnecessary pictures and videos, do not forget to visit the Recently deleted section and clear it. Otherwise, the files will still be stored on the device, taking up free memory within 30 days.
Option B: Buy additional iCloud storage
If you don't want to think about storing your photos and videos and you're willing to pay for space cloud storage, you can increase the amount of available storage in your iCloud Photo Library. Currently, prices for additional iCloud storage are as follows:
- 5 GB - free
- 50 GB - 59 rubles/month
- 200 GB - 149 rubles/month
- 1 TB - 599 rubles/month
Change tariff plan or you can cancel it at any time.
iPhone - powerful smartphone with a huge range of possibilities - here you have both a work office and an entertainment center in one. With the help of an i-gadget, the user solves a lot of different problems and, of course, it accumulates a bunch of important, interesting, useful information. Of course, losing it overnight by losing it, breaking your phone, or becoming a victim of theft is very sad.
It is noteworthy that the majority of those who have at least once unexpectedly lost their faithful electronic assistant regret not the loss of a materially valuable object and the need to spend money on a new gadget (although Apple smartphones are by no means cheap), but the loss of important data. This is why it is so necessary to create a backup copy of all information stored on the device.
Good modern technologies They allow you to perform backups literally in two taps. The so-called cloud service – iCloud – comes to the aid of Apple users. What kind of “beast” this is and how to use it, we’ll talk in this article.
Cloud storage (or as modern users romantically call it “the cloud”) is a collection of online servers distributed on a network on which the user can store a backup copy of important data.
Clouds are created by various companies, that is, in fact, the user, by sending information to an online storage, transfers his data to third parties, but, of course, on the basis of an agreement that it will be protected and inviolable.
What if data is stolen from the cloud?
Should you be afraid for your data if it is stored by a third party? In general, no more than for jewelry placed in a safe deposit box at a bank. Of course, information leakage can happen, but banks have been robbed for hundreds of years, but this does not mean that money should be kept in your apartment - it is still safer in a special institution.
iCloud is the official cloud storage for Apple technology users
The “range” of online storage today is large, but owners of i-smartphones do not need to waste time to choose the most reliable and convenient one, because it is already in every Apple device, its name is iCloud, using this service, you can have maximum peace of mind for your data.
What information does the cloud store?
In iCloud you can back up almost any type of data stored on your device, here is a complete list of them:
- Music (including ringtones, TV shows and other audio materials)
- Video
- Books
- Applications and their data
- Basic smartphone settings, including desktop settings
- Messages (sent both via iMessages and in the usual way)
However, you can quite limit this range; more details on how to do this in the section “How to use iCloud?”.
More than just saving data...
Of course, the main iCloud option on the iPhone and other i-devices is to save information important to the user. However, if you have several Apple gadgets, you will certainly appreciate the ability to synchronize information between them. This option gives you access to some really cool features. It’s clear that all content (music, photos, etc.) will be present on all synchronized devices. But look what we have since iCloud can remember application data...
For example, your iPhone and iPad are synchronized via iCloud, which means that you can start playing some game on your smartphone, and then, well, if your smartphone is low, for example, continue on your iPad, and exactly where you left off .
And all this is free?
Of course, when you learn about such cool opportunities, the thought immediately appears that all this is not free. Partly, the idea is correct. Apple generously provides the user with 5GB free space, and, in general, they are quite enough to store truly valuable data. But if you need more space, no one is stopping you from buying it.
iCloud tariffs
- 50 GB – 59 rubles per month
- 200 GB — 149 rubles per month
- 1 TB — 599 rubles per month
iTunes Match is another cool iCloud feature you have to pay for
iTunes Match is a service created for music lovers, allowing you to save on buying music. The service automatically analyzes the library of all music stored on the PC you are working on when you connect your i-gadget to iTunes, looks for a copy in the iTunes Store and downloads it (for free!) to all Apple devices synchronized via iCloud, in good quality with album cover and detailed information about the composition and artist.
Thus, up to 25,000 tracks can be processed, and you will not pay anything for them, you will only need to pay for a subscription to the service - $25 per year. It’s very convenient - you don’t need to connect your devices to your PC again to download music, and for such convenience it’s relatively inexpensive.
How to use iCloud?
Well, now, about the most important thing - how to set up this wonderful service. Very simple! Follow the short instructions:
1 Open “Settings”, find the iCloud item - if you have not used the service before, you will need to log in. For authorization, use Apple ID - account, which you created when initial setup i-gadget. 2 After authorization, a window for working with the cloud will appear in front of you - it is a list of types of information that you can store. Opposite each item is a slider. You only need to select the types of data that you want to store and activate the appropriate slider. 3 If you have a lot of space in iCloud, you can make all the sliders active, otherwise you will have to choose the most valuable one.
Several items in the iCloud menu deserve special attention, including iCloud Drive, Backup, Keychain and Find my Phone. Let's look at why to activate them.
iCloud Drive
Tap on iCloud Drive and you will find yourself in a new menu, which will list applications for which you can set data storage in the cloud, each program has its own slider. Activate the ones you need and turn off the ones you don't need.
Backup copy
By tapping on the “Backup” line, you will again find yourself in a new menu. If you have never created a backup of information before, you need to first click on the “Create a backup copy” link, and then activate the slider next to the “iCloud backup” option, and then the backup will be performed whenever new information appears on your device .
Bunch of keys
This item is responsible for storing Safari passwords, activate it and you won’t have to constantly enter account settings for this or that personal account when working with the Apple browser.
Find my Phone
And finally, Find my Phone is a very cool option. If your phone is stolen and Find my Phone is turned on, you can really annoy the attacker. How? More on this in the next section.
How to recover data from iCloud?
Recovering data from iCloud on a new device is very simple. At initial setting up iPhone(or any other i-gadget), the setup assistant will ask you whether you want to get a “clean” new device or whether you need to transfer all the information from the previous one to it. To restore, of course, you need to choose the second option. Of course, for a successful transfer you will need to indicate the Apple ID of your old device.
If your smartphone is lost, you don’t have a new one yet, and you need to restore the data urgently, well, for example, to look up an important phone number, take any PC and go to the iCloud.com website (in general, with mobile device you can access this site, but it’s more convenient from a computer), enter your Apple ID information for authorization, and you will have access to all the information that was included in your backup.
This same site allows you, if you are sure that the smartphone has been stolen, as we said above, to “annoy” the thief. If you previously enabled the Find my Phone option on your device, then through iCloud.com you will have the opportunity to activate “Lost Mode”. After turning it on, the attacker will no longer be able to do anything with the gadget - it will be blocked, and the password will be your Apple ID data.
Let's summarize
So, now you know what the iCloud cloud service is on an iPhone and you can appreciate the full power of its capabilities. And, as you may have noticed, you only need to create a backup once, then everything will be done for you. So don’t be lazy and make a backup right now if you haven’t already. Can you imagine how annoying it will be if you are lazy today, forget tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you lose your device?
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