by Terry McAdams | Jun 15, 2021 | iCloud, iCloud Drive
People talk about “the cloud” all the time these days, but what do they really mean? There’s no agreed-on definition, which can render some conversations nearly inscrutable. We can’t pretend to have the final answer—if there will ever be such a thing—but here’s how we...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 13, 2021 | How-To, iCloud, iCloud Drive, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive all have their place, but as of March 2020, Apple users no longer have to venture outside the Apple ecosystem for online folder sharing. Before then, you could share a single file in iCloud with another iCloud user,...
by Terry McAdams | May 6, 2020 | iCloud, iOS, Mac, Photos, productivity, Tip
For quite a few years, Apple enabled users to download their iPhone or iPad photos to their Macs with a service called My Photo Stream. It wasn’t perfect, but it was free, and it did a decent job of ensuring that photos you took on your iPhone or iPad would end up on...
by Terry McAdams | May 5, 2020 | Backup, Email, How-To, iCloud, iCloud Drive, iOS, Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
By default, Apple gives every iCloud user 5 GB of storage space. That disappears quickly, given how it’s shared between iCloud Mail, iCloud Drive, iCloud Photos, Messages, and iCloud-enabled apps. Apple will, of course, sell you more iCloud space. $0.99 per month gets...
by Lucy McAdams | Sep 5, 2018 | Backup, How-To, iCloud
Poll a room of Apple experts about the one topic they can’t stop talking about and many will launch into frustrated rants about how too few people back up. Backups are always important, since you can never predict when your Mac or iPhone will be lost or stolen, melt...
by Lucy McAdams | Mar 14, 2018 | iCloud, iCloud Photo Library, Mac, Photos, Tip, troubleshooting
File this warning under “unless it’s absolutely necessary.” If you use iCloud Photo Library on your Mac, don’t sign out from iCloud. Also, don’t deselect the iCloud Photo Library checkbox in either the Photos options of the iCloud pane of System Preferences or in the...
