How to use iCloud - Complete Beginner's Guide

How to use iCloud - Complete Beginner's Guide

What is iCloud? iCloud is cloud storage for Apple devices such as iPhone or iPad or Mac computers. Instead of taking up space in your iPhone, you can simply use iCloud. It will also back up and store your information securely across all devices.

It’s been around since 2011. Everyone gets 5GB of free iCloud storage to get started and it’s easy to upgrade at any time.

Once you sign in, you’ll see a number of apps and services you can use right on the website.

You can access mail, contacts, calendar, photos, iCloud Drive, notes, reminders, pages, numbers, keynote, find friends and find iPhone.

You also have a settings option that shows you the storage, how the storage is being used, and all your devices.

One of the most underutilized features of iCloud is iCloud Drive where you can save any document. This will also show on your Mac’s Finder window for easy file storage.
This is similar to Dropbox or Google Drive.

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[FAUCET]

VERY HELPFUL. I have been struggling with I Cloud and One drive on my new computer. He explains it simply but in a way it is easy to understand. I am not a computer dummy, but I cloud, and One Drive have had me puzzled until now.

[dukeanddauphindonald]

Very helpful! Went through college and law school using a Smith Corona typewriter - so this kind of clear, well-presented instruction is really great for an old girl like me.

[seemorebutts]

Aloha my friend. Thank you for such a nice video. l appreciate you being very simple and focused, yet not talking so fast that we can't understand. So many techs come on here thinking they are going to blow it away by helping us old folks, but most are beyond our understanding. Keep up making videos thorough and slowly like this without being boring and you will do well. I wish you the best!

[noraannocallaghan]

Have had iCloud for years and finally now know how to use it to the Max..Thanks a million..excellent 👍

[gilbertparris]

This was so helpful! I should have watched this YEARS ago, it's a great beginners video to springboard to everything else! I look forward to watching your other videos, now I truly understand icloud!!

[mireyamacias]

This was very useful information, thank you for showing us how to use it . Is easy to understand you much appreciate it . Thanx 👍🏼

[BrightInsight-AnHeene]

Very helpful tutorial!
I have a question:

If you 'turn off' ICLOUD, like with MAIL or AGENDA...
Does that mean that your devices will no longer work in sync?
And that you cannot open the same MAIL or AGENDA on another device?
Can you also connect/synchronise your devices without Icloud?

[Stilicho]

I like your video. Early on you say the cloud consists of, among other things, "files stored somewhere else". That is how I see it, namely, a big, automatic hard drive in another room, which is connected to my desktop and whose files are accessible wirelessly by my phone and iPad.

[ank]

That’s valuable content particularly as me being the new user as well as from non technical background, thanks for teaching me the basics ...

[reneemartin]

This really helpful and clear. Thanks for the information.

[KingBaldEagle_Prosperity]

Thank you so much for teaching about iCloud

[SLBall]

Thank you, very easy to understand. The Raven scanner system allows uploads to go directly to different file systems, could you check and offer a directions on how it works.?

[herenowjal]

Thanks for this overview of iCloud !!!

[bahmannosratollah]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[ellenettinger]

Very helpful! Thank you! Given in understandable terms, I really appreciate this!

[titch]

Thank you for sharing. I have no idea how to use this. So it was good to watch. I need to learn how to take stuff out of my cloud. It is full and I don't want to upgrade. Thanks again

[carolldelagarza]

Thank you so much for sharing what you know, it was very helpful. I did not know anything about cloud and how it can be use it> I feel good about myself by learning something new today. Thanks again.

[MrMagsimus]

Thanks nice video, please explain to me when your photos have gone to the I cloud is it safe to then delete of your I phone ? Some said it also deletes on the I cloud and you should put it on the iCloud Drive ?? I’m confused

[awa]

Great video! I have a question, tho, how can I move apps from my iPhone to the cloud? Some apps use a lot of storage and make my phone have very little storage left, how can I move apps to the cloud?

[eliea]

Thank you so much for this video! I feel like I am getting my feet wet with today’s technology. It is so confusing to me. I just subscribed to your channel.
I have a question, how can I transfer some of my microsoft docs and excel forms from my HP laptop to my iCloud for easy access? I would appreciate your help. Thank you.