iCloud

iCloud is a web-based service supplied by Apple. It gives an e mail account, on-line storage, and backup companies. It additionally means that you can share information between units, similar to Macs, iPhones, and iPads.

Below is a listing of options included with iCloud:

• Mail – an e mail account that may be mechanically configured on Apple units and accessed by way of Apple’s webmail interface; iCloud e mail addresses finish with mac.com, me.com, or icloud.com.
• Contacts – your tackle ebook is saved within the cloud and may be synced throughout your all of your units.
• Calendar – you may retailer a number of calendars on-line and sync the occasions throughout your all of your units.
• Photos – Apple’s Photo Stream mechanically shops your lately captured photos in iCloud. You also can use iCloud Photo Library to retailer all of your images on iCloud and sync them throughout your units.
• iCloud Drive – a web-based storage space the place it can save you and obtain all varieties of recordsdata.
• Notes – you may jot down notes on one device and think about them on one other one.
• Reminders – if you set a reminder it should present up on all units linked to your iCloud account.
• Find My iPhone – a service that means that you can find all of your Apple units, similar to your iPhone, iPad, or MacGuide.

Several Apple purposes assist iCloud, that means it can save you a doc from one device and open and edit it on one other one. For instance, you may create a presentation using Apple Keynote on an iMac, reserve it in iCloud, then open it in your iPad at a later time. The main apps that assist iCloud embody Pages (word processing paperwork), Numbers (spreadsheets), and Keynote (shows). iCloud contains web-based variations of those purposes as effectively.

Apple’s iCloud service is free to make use of and may be accessed using an Apple ID on any supported device. If you want extra on-line storage, you should purchase additional space for storing for a month-to-month charge.

NOTE: iCloud is an evolution of Apple’s cloud computing companies. Previous variations embody iTools (2000), .Mac (2002), and MobileMe (2008). iCloud, which changed MobileMe, was launched in 2011.