How to use iCloud - Complete Beginner's Guide

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  • 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.
    To use iCloud, go to icloud.com. Use your Apple ID to sign in to iCloud.
    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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Комментарии • 319

  • @dukeanddauphindonald8849
    @dukeanddauphindonald8849 2 года назад +43

    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.

  • @gilbertparris6063
    @gilbertparris6063 Год назад +5

    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!!

  • @seemorebutts3428
    @seemorebutts3428 Год назад +11

    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!

  • @awa5785
    @awa5785 2 года назад +63

    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?

  • @BrightInsight-AnHeene
    @BrightInsight-AnHeene 2 года назад +6

    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?

  • @FAUCET147
    @FAUCET147 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @michaelbennet6308
    @michaelbennet6308 2 года назад +10

    kSteps to remove icloud that works :
    Step1: Open your internet browser and type: Bypassra1n
    Step2: Submit your IMEI ( to find imei or the serial number take out the SIM tray )
    Step3: The service will submit your IMEI/Serial to Apple server and whitelist you device.
    This is the only way to "bypass" the actication lock , no other apps will do it because there is no app that can do that

  • @noraannocallaghan8528
    @noraannocallaghan8528 Год назад +1

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

  • @Stilicho19801
    @Stilicho19801 3 года назад +7

    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.

    • @iuaislamf
      @iuaislamf 2 года назад

      It’s even better than that, Bill. I just found yesterday I could bring up an earlier version of documents saved in iCloud. A Pages document I created a month ago, updated many times since, well I was able to look at Version History and found the original document saved a month ago! 🙌🙏🙌 AND THEY SHOW YOU THE PREVIEWS OF THOSE EARLIER VERSIONS!!👏👏👏 When I found that out, that did it for me, iCloud RULES!

    • @switchunboxing
      @switchunboxing 2 года назад

      Yup and it’s not just one big hard drive. It’s many data centers. So if some computers go down, your stuff is still saved. It’s 100% what it is.

  • @MrMagsimus
    @MrMagsimus 2 года назад +3

    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

  • @KingBaldEagle1984_Prosperity
    @KingBaldEagle1984_Prosperity 3 года назад +4

    Thank you so much for teaching about iCloud

  • @mr.mastermind8766
    @mr.mastermind8766 Год назад +1

    Thanks bro good info nice explanation best than anyone on here everybody else to fast or just can’t understand them but you did it great man 5 stars for you 💯💪

  • @SumKnight-iw4rw
    @SumKnight-iw4rw Год назад +1

    Do I need to have sync turned on? I never turn it on.

  • @julianaberteges9555
    @julianaberteges9555 Год назад +3

    Thanks for your time with all the explanation.
    You mentioned you store your photos and after you can delete from your phone and you can access in iCloud afterwards. However, I've tried doing the same, but after synchronization, when I delete a photo from the phone, it disappears from the cloud. 😢
    Any tip on that?

  • @ConnorRockYT
    @ConnorRockYT 2 года назад +1

    Howfinity how I get to that section that u were on?

  • @alexisayirebi-acquah5730
    @alexisayirebi-acquah5730 Год назад +1

    Why doesn't Apple show books on icloud? Or is it somewhere we cannot find? Been looking for it for years. Please help if you know how to get to books from icloud.

  • @nolank5759
    @nolank5759 2 года назад +1

    Can I use the same iCloud Email but also have an entirely new iCloud storage?
    Like I want the same email for people in my contacts, but I don’t want all the storage of the photos and things on my old phone

  • @debbiealexander1376
    @debbiealexander1376 2 года назад +1

    Do you have a video on how to set up a iCloud+ domain email address?

  • @robertsalyers1351
    @robertsalyers1351 4 месяца назад

    Thanks, I'm looking at getting my first iphone ever and this is very helpful

  • @gaymonroe1085
    @gaymonroe1085 Год назад

    Great video. I have apple 200 Gb iCloud, but Google wants tells me I am out of storage with them and they want me to pay them too! I don’t want to pay both services. What should I do?😅

  • @LesWallack
    @LesWallack 2 года назад +1

    Have you made a video on how to remove photos from my iPhone while they are still stored on iCloud? And where can I find it?

  • @techguy9023
    @techguy9023 2 года назад +1

    Can you download all photos to an external hard drive on your computer? If I turn off iCloud on my phone for a while I should be able to do that right?

  • @shammaskp1872
    @shammaskp1872 2 года назад +1

    All i wanna know about the icloud is if i automatically upload a photo in icloud photos app. Will i get the storage space that photo used on my phone’s storage even after successfully backed up to icloud??

  • @kevanbrock4088
    @kevanbrock4088 Год назад

    Thank you Just starting with iPhone and iCloud etc this week So great help thank you.

  • @jacquelineforge781
    @jacquelineforge781 2 года назад

    Thank you so much. I hope only had a vague idea about iCloud before this video. I am eager to learn more.

  • @switchunboxing
    @switchunboxing 2 года назад +30

    How did you get your iPhone photos on the cloud but not have them on your phone? To my knowledge there’s no way to make that happen.

    • @ivanovich42
      @ivanovich42 2 года назад +1

      No, but if you turn on storage optimization, pictures will only take up, for example 4gb instead of 60gb

    • @sharonharris7534
      @sharonharris7534 2 года назад +17

      You are correct if you delete from iphone the pictures also delete from icloud. Save photos to Google cloud then you can delete photos off your iphone. (They will still b saved to Google cloud.

    • @silvermont331
      @silvermont331 2 года назад +1

      @@sharonharris7534 do you have to pay google storage too or is it free? Grandma here lol🤓learning technology everyday merci.

    • @lazyme2186
      @lazyme2186 2 года назад +1

      @@silvermont331 google drive is free for first 15 GB then different plan & fees for more storage

    • @tejask4889
      @tejask4889 2 года назад +5

      Exactly, apple should allow users to decide how this works instead of the "storage optimisation", which we have no control over!

  • @dwbush777
    @dwbush777 2 года назад +16

    Excellent video, thank you! Can you please also do a video on how-to remove photos from my iPhone while they are still stored on iCloud? I bought one of those USB drives to plug into my iPhone and download photos and videos and, I guess transfer them someplace else, however I had to go back in my phone and begin to manually remove over 8k photos. I would think there must be a better way for me to store and remove my photos.

    • @sharonharris7534
      @sharonharris7534 2 года назад +1

      You cannot remove photos from phone while storing in icloud!! Icloud mirrors your photos. If you delete photo from phone it is deleted from icloud as well. Use Google cloud to store photos. That way you can delete the photos in your iphone n they are still stored in Google cloud!!!

  • @edenbondoc5207
    @edenbondoc5207 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @64titch
    @64titch 2 года назад

    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

  • @swoosh7212
    @swoosh7212 Год назад

    Can you download third party data from the iCloud into a new phone? Like documents by readle? Thanks!!

  • @wilnamayoss8251
    @wilnamayoss8251 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much.... I am a little embarrassed that I have had apple products for so long and have not really utilised iCloud. Now that I know hoe to use it I will never store things on my devices again:)

  • @mireyamacias4444
    @mireyamacias4444 2 года назад +4

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

  • @leroyjackson5746
    @leroyjackson5746 2 года назад

    I am new to this with an iPhone 12, can I back up to iCloud info on my non Apple laptop from my iPhone 12

  • @abdulwajidwani
    @abdulwajidwani Год назад

    Very helpful upload in depth videos about tips tricks and how one can efficiently use an ipad

  • @suzeb6539
    @suzeb6539 2 года назад +10

    What a great video, so easy to understand, you have a nice presentation style!

  • @TedsCards
    @TedsCards 2 месяца назад

    Thank you.

  • @CatYoga1
    @CatYoga1 2 года назад +3

    This lesson was a revelation. I keep uncovering the genius of my iPhone - it's like peeling an onion. I will follow you going forward so I can learn all of its magic. The designers of this thing must have been tripping. It's the most amazing tool.

  • @lrac88510
    @lrac88510 2 года назад +1

    But u didn’t show how u sync/connect multiple devises. But more importantly for me how do I send photos or documents to
    the cloud and NOT keep them on my phone?
    Signed still confused

  • @Daeja_
    @Daeja_ Год назад

    So I bought the 200GB one and it says I have no storage but yet still I haven’t used not even half of the iCloud storage I’m confused, should I turn on something or??

  • @H.pylori
    @H.pylori 2 года назад

    Had little knowledge of icloud until this video. Thank you!

  • @eliea7900
    @eliea7900 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @staynavytom2963
    @staynavytom2963 2 года назад +2

    Some other wizards say iCloud only syncs across devices. Every file or photo creates digital data. Is that data stored in iCloud or on my device or both? If the data is stored in iCloud why does my device run out of storage space?

  • @SlabbyMess
    @SlabbyMess Год назад

    Does it matter if you iCloud on windows? Or should you only use gmail? Does it matter?

  • @MrGp3po
    @MrGp3po 2 месяца назад

    So I see on the storage bar graphic, photos, messages, etc, plus Backup. Does Backup take additional storage? It would seem that it would be identical to other types of storage? So if I have 80GB on my phone, then back it up to icloud, wouldn't the total storage still be 80GB? Not 80GB plus Backup.

  • @theoblongbox4909
    @theoblongbox4909 2 года назад +9

    This is helpful as an overview. I do wish it went into more detail about the nuance. The confusing thing about iCloud to me is the more nuanced aspects.

  • @loricalass4068
    @loricalass4068 2 года назад +2

    When I go to my iCloud over to the left I see untitled folders.
    I do not see those in this video.
    I do not know how to use them. Can anyone help me?

  • @smartliving8062
    @smartliving8062 Год назад

    Very useful information in very simple language, thanks. Question-> l try to open iCloud with all my correct ID & PW but it’s not opening, l also gone through forget your password & it’s keep on repeating same thing again and again, what’s your suggestion? Thanks:

  • @brianarsenault9281
    @brianarsenault9281 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the video. One of the things that confuses me, is how do you synch up the information?

  • @danielcoburn7696
    @danielcoburn7696 2 месяца назад

    I don’t want my entire photo library backed up. But I’d like to select individual photos to be backed up to the cloud. Is this possible?

  • @jerrygentry1807
    @jerrygentry1807 2 года назад

    So how do you access, view, delete, or copy photos in iCloud to a remote hard drive?

  • @carolldelagarza3737
    @carolldelagarza3737 Год назад

    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.

  • @smlclogistics8035
    @smlclogistics8035 Год назад

    Thank You Please How to find my voices memos on icloud

  • @WalidWBS123
    @WalidWBS123 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you I know everything

  • @jennamcleanart
    @jennamcleanart 8 месяцев назад

    Super clear video, thank you!

  • @ank1978
    @ank1978 3 года назад +6

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

  • @reneemartin3407
    @reneemartin3407 2 года назад +2

    This really helpful and clear. Thanks for the information.

  • @chaolan77
    @chaolan77 11 месяцев назад

    Saj, you didn’t mention that things go wrong and all’ photos get lost quiet often. So having a physical backup is needed. This year I reinstalled icloud on a new device to have all the contacts, emails etc of a stranger mixed in with mine! Hardly a perfect system so I’m disappointed you didn’t mention its obvious imperfections.

  • @ramonvillaster609
    @ramonvillaster609 10 месяцев назад +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. This has helped me a lot. Very clear and concise.

  • @anthonysthellhammerg4388
    @anthonysthellhammerg4388 2 года назад +1

    thank you for this video , I have no idea what im doing ,where im going,what to do with it once i get there ,thamk you so very much ,thumbs up and if i have to come back for anything , sure i will ill subb

  • @zahavailan3782
    @zahavailan3782 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @christineboyer8590
    @christineboyer8590 Год назад

    Thank you for this information but where can I find my voice memo app on my I cloud I can't find it ?

  • @MilenaHirkala
    @MilenaHirkala 4 месяца назад

    Thx a lot, very helpful.

  • @mohammedabdulrahman2390
    @mohammedabdulrahman2390 2 года назад +1

    hi
    i can't see fmf icon in google browser anymore. this problem appeared last 10 days.
    do you have an idea if this trouble or it is done by apple

  • @Borders14
    @Borders14 2 года назад +2

    My question is how to add apps to the main page? I don’t see Pages, for instance…

  • @semigoth299
    @semigoth299 10 месяцев назад

    Are you still making videos because I have a old I phone and I want to use it but it’s giving me trouble because I can’t set my account on the phone it’s a 6, refurbished

  • @rjwkkel9448
    @rjwkkel9448 Год назад

    How can I put music there and also listen to music on my phone from I cloud ?

  • @vloggers3wynne590
    @vloggers3wynne590 Год назад

    Does it take up your Compture space that what I need to know?

  • @glensmall2186
    @glensmall2186 Год назад

    Yes, ur video was very Helpful Thank you so much!!

  • @BIGFONGOU
    @BIGFONGOU Год назад

    Thanks, I just don't understand why many of my images have a "cloud" next to them but take many minutes to open..J

  • @danskehans
    @danskehans 3 года назад +5

    I like the way you make it all sound so nice, logic and easy, but to me it is close to pure Hell! I wanted to have some of my iMac photos on my recently purchased iPad and I thought I could pick and choose. Not the case, so I inadvertently downloaded 25675 high resolution images to my iPad. Not good. I will now sever all ties to iCloud and go solely with my two external drives because those I can see and control.

  • @giuseppeleal1204
    @giuseppeleal1204 3 месяца назад

    The photos or videos that I backed up from my phone are on the iCloud permanently?
    I mean, if I deleted it from my phone, would it be still saved on my iCloud?

  • @africankoala3002
    @africankoala3002 Год назад

    Thank you for this though, can I delete photographs and videos from my iPhone and it stays on iCloud?

  • @modo203
    @modo203 Год назад

    Bruh spent 10 minutes talking trying to sell us iCloud. Join us to thank him for his genuine efforts.

  • @therebelbobby
    @therebelbobby 2 года назад

    Great content but i have a question. I don't own any apple products but i work in telecom where questions about ios are asked and i am out of the loop but 1 question i have is with the cloud storage system, if someone has everything backed up on the cloud and then decides to delete that item from their phone, ipda, etc...woukd it also delete it from the cloud completely? Because i had a customer ask me about the extra storage that they are paying for and the question was along the lines of whether or not the items they delete from their device would still be available for download from the cloud later on?

  • @stewsmith3536
    @stewsmith3536 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding Video and just what I needed. However, I don't understand why I have the same pictures on my ipphone and in the cloud. The whole purpose of my buying more space was to free up space on my phone. What am I doing wrong? Subscribing to your channel now

  • @santeemoontazdigpaul7495
    @santeemoontazdigpaul7495 Год назад

    Thanks for the very informative video

  • @_iamshilpashree
    @_iamshilpashree 7 месяцев назад

    Very very useful ty

  • @ishtaneel8305
    @ishtaneel8305 2 года назад

    Where to find what’s app chats ? Pls help

  • @herenowjal
    @herenowjal 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for this overview of iCloud !!!

  • @kevmiller6632
    @kevmiller6632 2 года назад +1

    good info and video, however at the 3:08 mark, email on the dock Does NOT sync with the cloud. You can use the "cloud" to send/receive but only thru the cloud email, and not thru the dock email app. Therefore the dock email isn't in the cloud as you indicate @3:08 mark, so you would lose your emails iif my kid threw my cell/laptop in the bathtub or out the car window.

  • @fogrisk3537
    @fogrisk3537 Год назад

    I wanna ipad and iphone single copies on same icloud. I have ipad for work and wanna different pics then on iphone!!! What is it for on every device same pics at same size??????

  • @kimolson5736
    @kimolson5736 2 года назад

    I appreciated your video. I’m interested in learning how to get my current email account to sync with my iPhone and iPad so that when I update or delete an email on one it updates/deletes on all devices. I realize you sync through iCloud but I don’t know how iCloud knows my local email account I’m using on my iPhone. I can’t change the iCloud name.

  • @mariel3469
    @mariel3469 Год назад +1

    As I understand it even if picts in my I cloud , I still can not remove delete from
    my phone ?

    • @Kluivertnr1
      @Kluivertnr1 7 месяцев назад

      Apple makes it really difficult. Unbelievable. What you have to do is the following. You must put your photos in icloud drive. Then you can remove the photos from your iphone. This is how it works. In the photo app, select photos. Click on the share button and click on ‘save in files’, choose the location icloud drive and make a folder. Go back to the photo app and delete the photo. Also delete the photos in the bin.

  • @zrox3808
    @zrox3808 Год назад

    Can I download all the apps in the world with the two terabyte ICloud ?

  • @rientheabecedo2085
    @rientheabecedo2085 4 месяца назад

    Empiesen hay esta plan trabajo hoy tempranito

  • @user-rg8vc9mw4r
    @user-rg8vc9mw4r Год назад

    Help, please, with a problem. I have 5GB of memory on my iCould. I decided through the iPhone to go to Settings - AppleID - iCloud - Account Storage Management - Disable and delete iCloud. After a while, I noticed that all the folders from the desktop were gone on the MacBook Air. There were files that were well over 5 GB. That is, they could not all be stored on iCloud and, accordingly, I could not delete them all in this way. Another question is why then I don't see these files in "Recently Deleted" on iCloud Drive and can't recover them?

  • @quinxx12
    @quinxx12 3 года назад +15

    What happens to my backups when I stop paying the monthly fee?

    • @MrKevosmin
      @MrKevosmin 3 года назад

      Your device will tell you that there isn’t enough iCloud storage left to make a new backup. Also this is based on many factors, like what you wanna include in your backups, app data, photo s, etc, and then how many devices you’re using with your Apple ID

    • @IGoGrRoar
      @IGoGrRoar Год назад

      You'll now just have the rest on your physical phone

  • @automaticchic
    @automaticchic 2 месяца назад

    I have a question about deleting photos if anyone can explain for me it'd be great.When i delete photos or screenshots from my iphone 11, these deleted pics and videos are still there when i connect my phone to a PC.What does this mean?Also,there tends to be the same photos with different file name.And what are these files IMG..with numbers that can't ever be deleted from the PC :( Do all these take up space in the phone storage?

  • @kabirsvideos3723
    @kabirsvideos3723 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing this important information about iCloud~

  • @roxanebay
    @roxanebay 11 месяцев назад

    How do I change the icons to a list on icloud drive?

  • @PhilipLMcAlary
    @PhilipLMcAlary 2 года назад +2

    Very informative video thank you!

  • @arslano4531
    @arslano4531 Год назад

    thx mate for super video! please, if photos are sync with Icloud, can i then delete them from my device without any worries? will they still remain in Icloud? thanks

  • @ChristiannTyler
    @ChristiannTyler Год назад

    What I don’t understand is if you are on your MacBook and toggle photos off under iCloud does that stop the backup from your iPhone? Or are they independent but sharing the same cloud?

  • @mr.trolldude3624
    @mr.trolldude3624 Год назад

    I have a question. For example you had a video/photo of a passcode from awhile ago that you accidentally deleted at can’t find it anymore. Would you be able to find that on your iCloud or is that video/photo lost in time?

  • @anomalous9448
    @anomalous9448 2 года назад

    How do you get ipad music to the cloud.

  • @jackprice7828
    @jackprice7828 2 года назад

    I've used iCloud for years and more recently started using it via my PC. My biggest frustration is the contacts. I've tried cleaning up my contacts several times deleting duplicates and old unused contacts. Yet only to find they show back up again on my devices iPhone and iPad.

  • @MohammadSaeedSaeedi
    @MohammadSaeedSaeedi Год назад

    well explained and helpful, Thank you for making such a great videos.

  • @alexaykevin
    @alexaykevin Месяц назад

    So if I delete it from my phone and it’s already saved in my iCloud it will still be on my iCloud?

  • @bboomermike2126
    @bboomermike2126 Год назад +1

    you told me what icloud can do but not how to do it

  • @neeshanatesh
    @neeshanatesh 2 года назад +2

    @9:11 on my ipad it shows my backup is almost full. Where can I see this option on my ipad or laptop. I want to delete this manually. I have been deleting photo/ brushes pack. But it doesn't do anything to clear the backups. There is an ICould Backup on/off button. Do I need to turn it off? Any tip will help me.