iClooud PRO TIPS

At its base level, iCloud keeps all of your Apple devices in perfect sync. It stores all of your login items so that you don’t have to remember your passwords, updates apps on your other devices when new files are added, such as contacts, notes, emails and calendar items, and allows you to access photos and videos from any connected device. But there is also a lot more to it, which can lead to confusion and people upgrading their storage plans when they don’t necessarily need to. Every Apple user gets a free allocation of 5GB, but you can pay for larger storage plans of 50GB, 200GB and even 2TB. Of course, how you use iCloud will determine whether you need to upgrade your storage but, as you’ll discover in this feature, you’ll not need to for iOS backups alone. In this feature we’ll show you how to manage your storage effectively and provide ways to help you get more out of iCloud across all of your Apple devices.

The space-hoggers

If you find that your free 5GB of iCloud storage is getting consumed quite quickly and you are struggling to back up your iOS device as a result, then be aware that these are the features that tend to have the most impact on your storage space

iCloud Drive

This allows Apple users to sync files across devices, rather like Dropbox or Google Drive. You can access the contents of your drive through a Finder window on Mac or the Files app on iOS. You can upload and sync virtually any type of file, but any files stored in your iCloud Drive will obviously eat away at your overall storage space.

iCloud Backup

This is a feature of iOS that backs up your entire device to iCloud so that all of your important data is safe in the event of you losing or breaking your device. Everyone should utilise this feature by going to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud and turning it on. Any backups that you make will impact on your available iCloud storage.

iCloud Photos

This feature uploads and stores all of your photos and