What You Need to Know About Apple iCloud

iCloud is the most recent (and longest-lasting) iteration of Apple's online services for its customers, including email, contacts, calendars, content sync, and online storage, à la Dropbox or Google Drive. The service is accessible from both iOS and macOS devices, and features a variety of storage tiers to choose from.

1. Is it worth it to buy iCloud storage?
2. What is the iCloud and how does it work?
3. Can anyone see what's on my iCloud?
4. What does iCloud do exactly?
5. What is better iCloud or Google Drive?
6. Is 50GB iCloud storage enough?
7. What are the disadvantages of using iCloud?
8. Why is iPhone storage full when I have iCloud?
9. Does iCloud save deleted text messages?
10. Do photos stay on iCloud forever?
11. Do photos stay on iCloud if deleted from iPhone?
12. Can you log into someone's iCloud without them knowing?

Is it worth it to buy iCloud storage?

I love Apple products, but there's no other way to put this: In most cases, buying iCloud Storage is unnecessary and you should never pay for it. In 99% of cases, you don't have to pay any extra money to fully back up your iPhone and iPad.

What is the iCloud and how does it work?

Every user with an Apple ID gets 5 GB of storage for free to back up apps and settings on their iPhone, iPad, iPod. The service also syncs your photos, documents, and email with your Mac and mobile devices. The idea behind iCloud is to be able to access all your stuff no matter what Apple device you're using.

Can anyone see what's on my iCloud?

If someone knew your Apple ID or your iCloud username/password, they might be able to access your data and information. Some security and privacy measures include determining what of your information you want to be accessible from in the cloud or changing the password to your iCloud account.

What does iCloud do exactly?

How it works. iCloud Backup makes a copy of the information on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. When your device is backed up in iCloud, you can easily set up a new device or restore information on one you already have. To let iCloud automatically back up your device, here's what you need to do.

What is better iCloud or Google Drive?

Conclusion. No matter Google Drive or iCloud has its own advantages and makes file management a lot easier. It is not hard to see that Google Drive is a more natural choice for Android users as it works well on almost all devices while iCloud Drive seems to be designed for iOS users.

Is 50GB iCloud storage enough?

If you want to ensure that you can back up your iPhone and/or iPad without worry, save a few documents in iCloud Drive, and take a reasonable amount of images and video you'd like to sync to iCloud Photo Library, 50GB is a good starting point for most users.

What are the disadvantages of using iCloud?

Disadvantages of Cloud Storage

• Internet Connection. Cloud based storage is dependent on having an internet connection. ...
• Costs. There are additional costs for uploading and downloading files from the cloud. ...
• Hard Drives. Cloud storage is supposed to eliminate our dependency on hard drives right? ...
• Support. ...
• Privacy.

Why is iPhone storage full when I have iCloud?

iCloud is a syncing/mirroring service that syncs all of your data across of your devices making them available to you. If your iPhone storage is full, you will have to remove data. You can also use the 'Optimize Phone Storage' feature to reduce the resolution/quality of the photos on the device.

Does iCloud save deleted text messages?

In a word, if you mistakenly deleted text messages after making a backup with iCloud, fortunately, the answer is YES, iCloud backed up your deleted text messages.

Do photos stay on iCloud forever?

Photos in My Photo Stream remain saved in iCloud for 30 days. That should be sufficient time to back up your photos manually. After that, they are removed from iCloud. No matter how many photos My Photo Stream uploads to the cloud, the local Photo Stream album on any iOS or iPadOS device only keeps up to 1,000 images.

Do photos stay on iCloud if deleted from iPhone?

Usually, your iPhone automatically backs up to your iCloud account, and if you delete photos from your iPhone, they'll also be deleted from your iCloud. To get around this, you can turn off iCloud photo sharing, sign in to a different iCloud account, or use a cloud server other than iCloud for photo sharing.

Can you log into someone's iCloud without them knowing?

If 2-factor authentication is off, you can hack into someone's iCloud account on other devices without them knowing. If 2-factor authentication is on, you can set your phone as trusted device to receive the verification code, so the person won't find out you're hacking.