What You Need To Know About 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. What do I need to know about iCloud storage?
2. What does iCloud do exactly?
3. Is it worth it to buy iCloud storage?
4. Why is iPhone storage full when I have iCloud?
5. What can you see on iCloud online?
6. Does everything automatically save to iCloud?
7. What are the disadvantages of using iCloud?
8. Does iCloud save text messages?
9. Does iCloud save deleted text messages?
10. What do I do when my iCloud storage is full?

What do I need to know about iCloud storage?

Check your iCloud storage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

• On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud. The bar graph shows your overall storage usage.
• Tap Manage Storage for more details. Below the graph, you see a list of apps and features and how much iCloud storage they use.

What does iCloud do exactly?

The purpose of iCloud is to store data and important information securely on Apple's remote servers (as opposed to your iPhone or iPad). This way, all your information is backed up to a secure location and synchronized between all of your devices.

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.

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.

What can you see on iCloud online?

iCloud Online Apps

These include Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Photos, iCloud Drive, Notes, Reminders, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Find Friends, and Find iPhone. A link to your Account Settings also appears.

Does everything automatically save to iCloud?

When you use Messages in iCloud or turn on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. That means that they're not included in your iCloud Backup. ... When you restore from an iCloud backup, your purchased content is automatically redownloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, or Books Store.

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.

Does iCloud save text messages?

Apple's Messages in iCloud service can be used to backup all your text messages to the cloud so that you can download them to your new iPhone - and keep them in sync across all your Apple devices, so that every message and reply can be viewed on every device. ... Go to Settings > click on your Apple ID then iCloud.

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.

What do I do when my iCloud storage is full?

1. Don't back up so much. iCloud's automatic backups can take up a lot of space. ...
2. 2 Make your photo library smaller. If you're like us you probably don't delete all your not-quite-good-enough photos. ...
3. 3 Get rid of your old messages. “They're just texts. ...
4. Manage your mail app. ...
5. 5 Delete files from iCloud Drive.